From: Ittay Dror Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:20:16 GMT Subject: Re: detecting rename->commit->modify->commit Message-ID: <4819DFB0.5030401@tikalk.com> In-Reply-To: <20080501150958.GA11145@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King wrote: > My two cents: > > 1. I think he is overly obsessed with renaming. He seems concerned that > somebody will show up, make a big renaming patch, and then break your > system. Guess what? They can also show up, make a big code change patch, > and then break your system. In either case you have to review the > changes before accepting them, and it is up to the version control > system to show you the changes in a way you can understand I think he was more concerned that merges will break after such a change. Ittay -- Ittay Dror Tikal Tikal Project