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

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PHPete Harlan <pgit@pcharlan.com>
Date
May 8, 2011, 19:40 UTC
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On 5/5/2011 1:01 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
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> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Mikhail T.<mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>  wrote:
>> 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...
>
> Maybe it should be the default (performance issues?)
...
> BTW, I don't understand why 'status' shows renames but not copies:

Rename detection compares new files against deleted files. Copy detection compares new files against every file in the tree, which is usually much more costly.

--Pete
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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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