Rename/copy detection - options/display improvement proposition
- From
Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
- Date
- Mar 3, 2011, 15:49 UTC
- Message-ID
- <AANLkTimbvWLCxf6HM-f_z30uUE-Nbpf-tcNzd8GbgK2C@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
I think that:
1. git-status should accept -M<n> -C<n>, same as git-diff 2. git-diff should have an option to omit diff for deleted files
1. git-status incorrectly recognizes some changes as copied, e.g.:
# Changes to be committed: # copied: SimpleMatcher.h -> BSlashMatcher.h # copied: SimpleMatcher.h -> StringMatcher.h # renamed: SimpleMatcher.h -> TabMatcher.h
(generally SimpleMatcher.h is recognized as being copied into many different headers)
git-diff shows similarity index 50-60%. git-diff -M80 -C80 correctly stops recognizing this as copies/renames.
I think git-status also should learn -M and -C, as it works the same way as git-diff with defaults.
2. git-diff does not show diff for copied files. But when a files is removed, the diff is shown.
I think seeing what was deleted is sometimes useful, but sometimes it is not and just clutters the diff.
-- Piotrek