builtin/merge.c: fix a bug with trivial merges

If read_tree_trivial() succeeds and produces a tree that is already
in the object store, then the index is not written to disk, leaving
it out-of-sync with both HEAD and the working tree.

In order to write the index back out to disk after a merge,
write_index_locked() needs to be called.  For most merge strategies, this
is done from try_merge_strategy().  For fast forward updates, this is
done from checkout_fast_forward().  When trivial merges work, the call to
write_index_locked() is buried a little deeper:

merge_trivial()
-> write_tree_trivial()
-> write_cache_as_tree()
-> write_index_as_tree()
-> write_locked_index()

However, it is only called when !cache_tree_fully_valid(), which is how
this bug is triggered.  But that also shows why this bug doesn't affect
any other merge strategies or cases.

Add a direct call to write_index_locked() from merge_trivial() to fix
this issue.  Since the indirect call to write_locked_index() was
conditional on cache_tree_fully_valid(), it won't be written twice.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 41467e427770d02f40df5e8d5ca0a27ab483c4af..eb9415119f0b3d4738d235b593f5aff0ab51be49 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -822,6 +822,14 @@ static int merge_trivial(struct commit *head, struct commit_list *remoteheads)
 {
        unsigned char result_tree[20], result_commit[20];
        struct commit_list *parents, **pptr = &parents;
+       static struct lock_file lock;
+
+       hold_locked_index(&lock, 1);
+       refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
+       if (active_cache_changed &&
+           write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+               return error(_("Unable to write index."));
+       rollback_lock_file(&lock);
 
        write_tree_trivial(result_tree);
        printf(_("Wonderful.\n"));

diff --git a/t/t7605-merge-resolve.sh b/t/t7605-merge-resolve.sh
index 2f80037c9a814e5a1de266843d7eedfa37fd0b6a..5d56c3854647b2f2bc2fdf4221b1f76f5d0b0629 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7605-merge-resolve.sh
+++ b/t/t7605-merge-resolve.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ merge_c1_to_c2_cmds='
 
 test_expect_success 'merge c1 to c2'        "$merge_c1_to_c2_cmds"
 
-test_expect_failure 'merge c1 to c2, again' "$merge_c1_to_c2_cmds"
+test_expect_success 'merge c1 to c2, again' "$merge_c1_to_c2_cmds"
 
 test_expect_success 'merge c2 to c3 (fails)' '
        git reset --hard c2 &&