From: Martin Langhoff Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:29:33 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 4/4] inexact rename detection eye candy Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20110219102533.GD22508@sigill.intra.peff.net> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Jeff King wrote: > During a merge, we might spend many seconds doing inexact > rename detection. It's nice to let the user know that > something is actually happening. Given that we're doing costly work, could the results of rename matching be recorded in a .git/MERGE_RENAMES file? If that file's available, the simple merge-helper script I've described is possible... git commit would have to unlink it on successful commit... cheers, m --  martin.langhoff@gmail.com  martin@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC  - ask interesting questions  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff