Re: Basename matching during rename/copy detection

From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 21, 2007, 09:50 UTC
Message-ID: <200706211050.03519.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vtzt1ybld.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>

On Thursday 2007 June 21, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> It's not even an argument, nor an attempt to justify it.  It was
> just an explanation of historical fact "It did not bother".
> Please re-read the final part of the message, which you omitted
> from your quote.

I omitted it because I didn't object to that part :-)

I appreciated (as always) your practicality in that what you proposed would let people keep their copies. What I was objecting to was the idea that any repository with duplicate files was "stupid".

Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
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