From: Yann Dirson Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:21:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] diffcore-rename: support rename cache Message-ID: <20081107222128.GB4030@nan92-1-81-57-214-146.fbx.proxad.net> In-Reply-To: <1226068533-10152-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 09:35:32PM +0700, Nguy???n Thái Ng???c Duy wrote: > This patch teaches diffcore_rename() to look into > $GIT_DIR/rename-cache and make use of it to recreate diff_filepair. > With proper cache, there should be no available entry for estimation > after exact matching. This is something I have thought about in the past, good to see that implemented :) > Rename caching is per commit. I don't think abitrary tree-tree caching > is worth it. That could be a nice complement to my directory-rename patch.