From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:17:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff.c: respect diff.renames config option
Message-ID: <7v64i9zk0j.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vpsghzmr1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> I am more worried about somebody who opts-in finds breakage of
> commands that happen to internally use low-level diff machinery
> and expect the diff machinery does not automagically do funny
> rename detection without being told.
> ...
> That is why I said I do not want this at _that_ low level.  I do
> not have objections to have the configuration at a layer closer
> to the UI, e.g. things in builtin-log.c and builtin-diff.c.

Upon closer look I think the revision pruning code is OK.  So
let's cook this as is in "next" and see what happens.