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Re: Tracking files across tree reorganizations

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2005, 23:47 UTC
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Petr Baudis wrote:
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>>>
>>>(b) If there are no notes for the given commit, we do the rename
>>>autodetection already implemented in GIT. If it yields something,
>>>we follow it.
>>
>>I don't see anything in Linus' posts that says (b) is unacceptable.
> 
>   If we do it at the walk time, not commit time - I didn't emphasize
> that in my previous mail while I should have.

Exactly. This is the right thing to do, because it means that just because you made the checkin with version foo, you're forever limited to the capabilities of version foo.

	-hpa
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  6. Linus TorvaldsDec 14, 2005
  7. H. Peter AnvinDec 14, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2005
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  10. Petr BaudisDec 15, 2005
  11. Martin LanghoffDec 15, 2005
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