From: Robin Rosenberg Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:02:19 GMT Subject: Re: Rename handling Message-ID: <200703192102.20258.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> In-Reply-To: måndag 19 mars 2007 19:48 skrev Linus Torvalds: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > > > And some will argue that explicit renames are susceptible to user error > > misidentifying the rename too, certainly in the 1% figure of all renames > > if not more. > > It's much worse than that. I will *guarantee* that renames are missed when > they come in as traditional patches, for example. That's a 100% error rate > right there, not some "1%" one. > > And even if people never make mistakes, and people *only* use the native > SCM "rename" functions, I guarantee that the downsides of thinking that > files have identities is still much much bigger than the upsides. We've > already shown that the git "blame" functionality is strictly more powerful > than anything based on renames. > > So learn to love the bomb. Rename tracking is *wrong*. > > Linus How about this simple receipe for defeating rename tracking (real world): User needs to modify A. User renames A to OLD_A within his/her IDE. SCM records the rename. User now uses SaveAs to restore A, and SCM detects the *NEW* file A. -- robin