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Re: [PATCH 3/3] diff: make "too many files" rename warning optional

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
May 12, 2008, 11:15 UTC
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Junio C Hamano writes:
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> > In that case, Junio, perhaps we should restrict this particular warning
> > just to merge.
> 
> I am not sure if we really want to work around Tcl's braindamage like
> that.

If this is the warning about too many files to do inexact rename detection, I find that one annoying because I don't care about that (it's just for the diffstat when doing a pull AFAIK) and I don't know how to turn it off.

> There is no stdwarn or stdinfo stream and I think it is a bug on the
> receiving end to assume that anything that comes to stderr is an error.

There are apparently some programs on some platforms for which this behaviour is necessary...

Paul.
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Ramsay Jones
Message 18 of 22 in “warning: too many files, skipping inexact rename detection”
  1. Andrew MortonApr 26, 2008
  2. Jeff KingApr 26, 2008
  3. Andrew MortonApr 26, 2008
  4. Jeff KingApr 26, 2008
  5. 0/3 rename limit improvementsJeff King, Apr 30, 2008
  6. 1/3 add merge.renamelimit config optionJeff King, Apr 30, 2008
  7. Jeff KingApr 30, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2008
  9. Jeff KingMay 4, 2008
  10. 2/3 bump rename limit defaultsJeff King, Apr 30, 2008
  11. 3/3 diff: make "too many files" rename warning optionalJeff King, Apr 30, 2008
  12. Ramsay JonesMay 3, 2008
  13. Jeff KingMay 4, 2008
  14. Paul MackerrasMay 4, 2008
  15. Jeff KingMay 5, 2008
  16. Jeff KingMay 5, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2008
  18. Paul MackerrasMay 12, 2008
  19. Ramsay JonesMay 6, 2008
  20. Ramsay JonesMay 6, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2008
  22. Jeff KingMay 4, 2008

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