From: Yann Dirson Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:21:22 GMT Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4) Message-ID: <20101206092122.21c19011@chalon.bertin.fr> In-Reply-To: On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:13:46 +0900 Miles Bader wrote: > Yann Dirson 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 -- Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies