Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes: > Peter Eckersley <peter.eckers...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I have a local git repo that's in some weird state where changes >> appear to be detected by "git diff" and prevent operations like "git >> checkout" from switching branches, but those changes are not removed >> by a "git reset --hard" or "git stash". >> >> Here's an example of the behaviour, with "git reset --hard" failing to >> clear a diff in the index: >> >> https://paste.debian.net/975811/ >> >> Happy to collect additional debugging information if it's useful. > > Do you have any funny clean-smudge pair that do not round-trip?
Ah, nevermind. Peff's analysis looks correct. Thanks for a report to provoke a good discussion.
