[issue618] Changed file does not show up on status or commit

[Jim Hague]

New submission from Jim Hague <jim.hague at acm.org>:

A commit of a new file or an update which changes a file and is followed 
within the second by a change to that file will result in the file change not 
being visible to status and commit.

This script will create a repository with a file with different contents to 
the committed file, but which does not show on status or commit as changed.

mkdir hgtest
cd hgtest
hg init
echo "1.1.0" > buildno
hg add buildno
hg commit -m "Add buildno"
echo "1.1.1" > buildno

Now inspect the repository.

$ cd hgtest/
$ cat buildno
1.1.1
$ hg cat buildno
1.1.0
$ hg status
$ hg commit
nothing changed

The same effect can be produced with a change immediately after hg update if 
the update changed the file content.

This somewhat unlikely series of operations comes from a driver I've been 
doing for Anthill OS, an old continuous integration system.

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messages: 3437
nosy: bearcave
priority: bug
status: unread
title: Changed file does not show up on status or commit

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