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Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)

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MTMikhail T. <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
Date
May 5, 2011, 19:31 UTC
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On 04.05.2011 22:14, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I think that is what exactly "blame -C -C" gives you.

For that to be useful, one has to suspect, the file was derived by copying something else... Simple "git log" will not suggest that -- unless the commit message, that adds the new copy of a file points to it...

On 05.05.2011 14:02, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
> Maybe Mikhail wanted to say that if there's a git-mv as a shortcut for
>    "cp old new ; rm old; add new"

git-mv preserves the old's change-history in new, so it is more than the above, is not it?

> then there should be a git-cp as a shortcut for
Yes...
    -mi
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  1. Mikhail T.May 4, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  3. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  4. Stephen BashMay 4, 2011
  5. Mikhail T.May 4, 2011
  6. Øyvind A. HolmMay 4, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2011
  8. Mikhail T.May 5, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  10. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  12. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  13. Mikhail T.May 5, 2011
  14. Jeff KingMay 5, 2011
  15. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  16. Piotr KrukowieckiMay 5, 2011
  17. Jeff KingMay 5, 2011
  18. Pete HarlanMay 8, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2011

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