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Re: [PATCH, take 2] Linear-time/space rename logic (exact renames only)

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2007, 21:17 UTC
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Linus Torvalds, Mon, Oct 22, 2007 21:44:48 +0200:
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> 
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > I'm sure there's more to come..
> 
> One more detail.. The updated comment explains the issue: if we broke a 
> file apart, and rename detection joined it back together, the result is 
> neither a rename nor a copy, it's a regular modification (and all 
> remaining renames will be copies of the original, so don't bother 
> decrementing the "rename_used" count).
It breaks t3402-rebase-merge.sh
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Message 11 of 13 in “Linear-time/space rename logic (exact renames only)”
  1. Linear-time/space rename logic (exact renames only)Linus Torvalds, Oct 21, 2007
  2. David SymondsOct 22, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsOct 22, 2007
  4. Jeff KingOct 22, 2007
  5. Sven VerdoolaegeOct 22, 2007
  6. Jeff KingOct 22, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsOct 22, 2007
  8. Linear-time/space rename logic (exact renames only)Linus Torvalds, Oct 22, 2007
  9. Linus TorvaldsOct 22, 2007
  10. Linus TorvaldsOct 22, 2007
  11. Alex RiesenOct 22, 2007
  12. Linus TorvaldsOct 22, 2007
  13. Alex RiesenOct 22, 2007

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