Re: Moved files and merges

> 
> It's a totally broken model. Really.
> 
> You think it solves issues, but it just creates more bugs and problems 
> than it solves.
> 
> Trust me. The whole point of git is that "content is the only thing that 
> matters", and that there isn't any other meta-data. If you break that 
> fundamental assumption, everything git does so well will break. 
> 
> I think we've already shown that the "content matters" approach works.  I
> claim that the git rename tracking works better than any other SCM out 
> there, _exactly_ because it doesn't make the mistake of trying to track 
> anything but content.
> 
> The "moved + modified files" is not anything special. The current 
> automatic merger may not handle it, but that's not because it _can't_ 
> handle it, it's because it tries to be simple and efficient. 
> 
> And because it's so _incredibly_ fast for all the normal cases, you can 
> now spend some effort on figuring out renames dynamically for the few 
> cases where it fails. Does it do so now? No. Would adding UUID's help? 
> Hell no. It would be just an unmitigated disaster.
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