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Re: [RFC PATCH] diff: do not use creation-half of -B as a rename target candidate

From
Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2015, 05:52 UTC
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On 01.02.2015 19:18, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> When a commit creates new file B by copying the contents of an
> existing file A and making a small edit and makes large edit to A,

This part is hard to parse "When ... and making a small edit and makes a large edit" So large or small? It's a bit hard to parse and understand when just trying to read the first sentence. IT becomes clear (somewhat) later.

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Message 3 of 5 in “[Git BUG] Please do not use "-B -M" in "diff" family for now”
  1. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2015
  2. diff: do not use creation-half of -B as a rename target candidateJunio C Hamano, Feb 2, 2015
  3. Stefan BellerFeb 2, 2015
  4. Yue Lin HoFeb 2, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2015

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