Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] merge: Add merge.renames config setting

From: Eckhard Maaß <eckhard.s.maass@googlemail.com>
Date: Apr 27, 2018, 18:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20180427183752.GA2799@esm>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy3h9z8sj.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:23:56AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I think demoting from copy to rename-only is a good idea, at least
> for now, because I do not believe we have figured out what we want
> to happen when we detect copied files are involved in a merge.

Does anyone know some threads concerning that topic? I tried to search for it, but somehow "merge copy detection" did not find me useful threads so far. I would be interested in that topic anyway, so I would like to know what the ideas are that floated so far.

Greetings, Eckhard

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