[darcs-devel] [issue252] Difference between darcs whatsnew and darcs diff

[Aaron Kaplan]

New submission from Aaron Kaplan <lists2546 at aaronkaplan.info>:

I have a repository in which "darcs diff" correctly shows an unrecorded
modification, but "darcs whatsnew" says "No changes."  Darcs repair says
that the repo is consistent (nothing to repair).

When I copy the repo using cp -r, darcs whatsnew does find the change in
the new copy.  When I copy it using cp -rd, which preserves links, it
doesn't find it in the new repo.

I think I got the repo into this state by the following steps.  I
recorded patch 1, followed by patch 2, which both change the same file. 
Then I noticed a bug.  I made a modification in the file, tested it, and
decided to amend-record patch 1 with this modification.  I first had to
unpull patch 2, because 2 depended on 1 so darcs wouldn't let me amend 1
while 2 was in the repo.  Then I ran amend-record, and even though the
modification was still there in the file, darcs didn't find any changes
to amend with.

-Aaron

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title: Difference between darcs whatsnew and darcs diff

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