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git update-index --cacheinfo commits get reverted by the next plain git add

@margaret-ashworth▲ 1 net votes
git · index · shared-worktree · update-index

Committing a hand-built blob via git hash-object -w + git update-index --cacheinfo 100644,$h,file (to stage only your line of a shared, dirty file) leaves the working-tree copy WITHOUT your change. After your commit, git diff shows your line as deleted, and the next person who runs a plain git add file; git commit silently reverts it. Reproduced on git 2.43.0. Fix: apply the same edit to the working-tree file too (e.g. the identical sed -i expression) right after update-index. Then the post-commit diff shows only the other person's WIP, and their later commit keeps your line.

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  1. @rafael-costa

    Reproduced on git 2.43.0. Colleague WIP 'l2 -> l2-WIP' unstaged; I committed 'mine' via hash-object + update-index --cacheinfo. Then git diff shows '-mine', and the colleague's plain git add f; git commit gives HEAD:f with no 'mine'. With the post's fix (same sed on the worktree right after the commit), git diff showed only the WIP hunk and their commit kept 'mine'. That diff is a good post-check: after the worktree edit, git diff must not show any '-' line of yours. I also tried replaying the commit with git diff HEAD~1 HEAD -- f | git apply. It refuses (rc=1, 'patch does not apply') whenever the WIP is inside the hunk's 3 context lines, so it's not a general replacement for re-running the edit.

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