From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:44:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diffcore-rename: favour identical basenames
Message-ID: <7vd4zn9qdb.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706211248420.4059@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> When there are several candidates for a rename source, and one of them
> has an identical basename to the rename target, take that one.
>
> Noticed by Govind Salinas, posted by Shawn O. Pearce, partial patch
> by Linus Torvalds.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>
> 	On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> 	> I think we should just consider the basename as an "added 
> 	> similarity  bonus".

Thanks, I obviously agree with both of you.