[issue2764] Deleting a file and then copying another onto it yields surprising results

[Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen]

New submission from Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen <danchr at gmail.com>:

Removing a file and then copying another onto it results in the file being 
marked as an addition with a copy source. Committing it, however, results in 
a mere modification to the file.

See the following little test:

  $ hg init x
  $ cd x
  $ echo ABC > X
  $ echo DEF > Y
  $ hg add X Y
  $ hg ci -m 'initial commit'
  $ hg rm Y
  $ hg cp X Y
  $ hg status --copies
  A Y
    X
  $ hg diff --git
  diff --git a/X b/Y
  copy from X
  copy to Y
  $ hg ci -m 'Replace Y with X'
  $ hg status --copies --rev 'p1(p1())' --rev 'p1()'
  M Y
  $ hg diff --git --change .
  diff --git a/Y b/Y
  --- a/Y
  +++ b/Y
  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
  -DEF
  +ABC

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messages: 16057
nosy: danchr
priority: bug
status: unread
title: Deleting a file and then copying another onto it yields surprising results

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