microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows
react-native-platform-override cannot handle combined renames + move
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Area: Release Process
enhancement
Workstream: Releases and Integrations
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
When doing a three-way-merge, react-native-platform-override will look for a base file of the same name as the one currently in the override manifest. This means that there is no way for it to automatically integrate changes that both move and rename a file at the same time.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the react-native-platform-override entry point and the three-way-merge logic that reads the override manifest. Trace how it finds the base file, then define completion as automatically integrating a file that was both moved and renamed; no test or source file is named in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100