Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4)

From: Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
Date: Dec 6, 2010, 08:21 UTC
Message-ID: <20101206092122.21c19011@chalon.bertin.fr>
In-Reply-To: <buopqtfmi85.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:13:46 +0900 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:

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> Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr> writes:
> > But then, why not simply use --find-renames (since --detect-renames
> > has luckily not been released ontl the masses yet), and avoid
> > making similar-usage opts dissimilar and then adding a synonym just
> > to make them similar the other way ?
> 
> "Find" and "detect" have different nuances.
> 
> "Detect" sounds somewhat passive/minor, so "detect renames" makes it
> more clear that renames are detected _in addition_ to normal
> processing.

Seen that argument before.
1. does anyone care ? (I personally don't)
2. whether we care or not we have IMHO to face the implications, see my
other mails about implications of both paths

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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies