Re: [PATCH] t4202 (log): add failing test for log with subtree

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Apr 22, 2013, 21:00 UTC
Message-ID: <B91DA87BC1F548ECB1FDB9550F4AB017@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0kVDbyQBTSTbEDoVFs8E6JKWw3Z6L77NCXSb=FU8GNDkw@mail.gmail.com>

From: "Ramkumar Ramachandra" <artagnon@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:54 PM

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> Thomas Rast wrote:
>> There is a market for a rename detection that works at the tree 
>> level.
>
> Exactly.  And making it auto-follow with a low threshold would be a
> great default.  We'll have to deal with D/F conflicts that Junio was
> talking about in (2), every once in a while.  We'll have a lot more
> incentive to build the D/F conflict resolution process a nice UI.
>
> git-core will actually start working with trees the way it works with 
> blobs.
> --

Is this not similar to the previous attempts at bulk rename detection? Such as $gmane/160233.

A practical bulk rename detection would be good. It doesn't have to be perfect.

Philip