Potential Causes of the Conflict:
From the script, I see several points where conflicts might arise:
1. Directly Forcing the git-svn Branch onto develop and main
git checkout develop
git reset --hard git-svn
git checkout main
git reset --hard develop
git push --force origin main
git push --force origin develop
• Issue: The script forcefully resets develop and main to git-svn, which can overwrite existing commits, leading to potential conflicts when users pull changes later.
• Fix: Consider using git rebase instead of git reset --hard. Also, avoid git push --force unless absolutely necessary.
2. Mixing git svn clone and git pull --all
git svn clone -r HEAD "$SVN_URL" "$USERPROFILE/allspice/$REPO_NAME" &> "$LOGFILE"
git fetch --all
git pull --all
• Issue: git svn clone creates a local Git repository with SVN history, but immediately after, the script fetches and pulls all remote branches. This can introduce merge conflicts if git pull brings in changes that weren’t present in SVN.
• Fix: Instead of git pull --all, try git fetch --all followed by git rebase git-svn to ensure changes are applied cleanly.
3. Automated .gitignore Changes and Commits
if git diff --quiet -- .gitignore; then
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Update .gitignore"
git push
fi
• Issue: If multiple users are running this script, .gitignore might change differently on different machines, leading to conflicts.
• Fix: Instead of committing the .gitignore changes automatically, consider prompting the user to review before committing.
Recommendations:
1. Change Forced Resets to Rebase
git checkout develop
git rebase git-svn
git checkout main
git rebase develop
git push origin main
git push origin develop
• This keeps the history intact while incorporating git-svn updates.
2. Replace git pull --all with a Safer Update
git fetch --all
git rebase git-svn
• Ensures that local changes are applied cleanly on top of git-svn.
3. Prompt User Before Committing .gitignore Changes
if ! git diff --quiet -- .gitignore; then
echo "Review .gitignore changes before committing:"
git diff .gitignore
read -p "Commit these changes? (y/n) " confirm && [[ $confirm == [yY] ]] && git add .gitignore && git commit -m "Update .gitignore" && git push
fi
• This gives control to the user instead of blindly pushing changes.
