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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions builtin/mv.c
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Expand Up @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct stat st;
struct string_list src_for_dst = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
struct cache_entry *ce;

git_config(git_default_config, NULL);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -220,9 +221,11 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
argc += last - first;
}
} else if (cache_name_pos(src, length) < 0)
} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, ignore_case))) {
bad = _("not under version control");
else if (lstat(dst, &st) == 0 &&
} else if (ce_stage(ce)) {
bad = _("conflicted");
} else if (lstat(dst, &st) == 0 &&
(!ignore_case || strcasecmp(src, dst))) {
bad = _("destination exists");
if (force) {
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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions t/t7001-mv.sh
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Expand Up @@ -248,6 +248,23 @@ test_expect_success 'git mv should not change sha1 of moved cache entry' '

rm -f dirty dirty2

# NB: This test is about the error message
# as well as the failure.
test_expect_success 'git mv error on conflicted file' '
rm -fr .git &&
git init &&
>conflict &&
test_when_finished "rm -f conflict" &&
cfhash=$(git hash-object -w conflict) &&
q_to_tab <<-EOF | git update-index --index-info &&
0 $cfhash 0Qconflict
100644 $cfhash 1Qconflict
EOF

test_must_fail git mv conflict newname 2>actual &&
test_i18ngrep "conflicted" actual
'

test_expect_success 'git mv should overwrite symlink to a file' '

rm -fr .git &&
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