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Re: [darcs-devel] Darcs and git: plan of action

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JCJuliusz Chroboczek <juliusz.chroboczek@pps.jussieu.fr>
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Apr 19, 2005, 08:22 UTC
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> > Aye, that will require some metadata on the git side (the hack,
> > suggested by Linus, of using git hashes to notice moves won't work).
> So, why won't it work?

Because two files can legitimately have identical contents without being ``the same'' file from the VC system's point of view.

In other words, two files may happen to have the same contents but have distinct histories.

                                        Juliusz
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