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Re: Couple of read-tree questions

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Sep 1, 2005, 05:52 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
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>> Why does --emu23 use I+H for stage 2, rather than just I? Wouldn't this 
>> just reintroduce removed files?
>
> They are not "removed files", at least in the original context.
>
> The original intention was...

Gmane turns out to be better remembering things than my faulty memory. The thread beginning here is a good summary of the thinking behind the current design:

	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/4737
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Message 3 of 7 in “Couple of read-tree questions”
  1. Daniel BarkalowSep 1, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2005
  4. Daniel BarkalowSep 1, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2005
  6. Reworked read-tree.Junio C Hamano, Sep 1, 2005
  7. Daniel BarkalowSep 1, 2005

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