From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:43:14 GMT
Subject: Re: change of git-diff-tree and symlinks
Message-ID: <7v7jhnhqpp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050525222622.GA8552@vrfy.org>

>>>>> "KS" == Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> writes:

KS> If we introduce 'T', how is a content _and_ a type change represented
KS> if they happen at the same time?

If you have this pair in two trees:

    ln -s frotz xyzzy
    echo -n frotz >xyzzy

it is a 'T'.  If you instead have these in two trees:

    ln -s rezrov xyzzy
    echo -n frotz >xyzzy

it is also a 'T'.

I do not think we would want patch format to give us a diff
showing that string rezrov changing into frotz in the latter
example anyway.  When we have a type change, content change is
irrelevant.