Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)

From: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Date: May 5, 2011, 20:06 UTC
Message-ID: <BANLkTimn9uKXfRDFnmOhbs6=93xASQ42-g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikE8aMh6RUDzrh=SuOxvKxuPShQhQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> wrote:

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> BTW, I don't understand why 'status' shows renames but not copies:
>
> $ cp f fcp && git add fcp && git status
> # Changes to be committed:
> #       new file:   fcp
>
> $ mv f fmv && git add fmv && git rm f && git status
> # Changes to be committed:
> #       renamed:    f -> fmv
>
> I would expect sth like "copied: f -> fcp".
> Not sure what about one file copied to multiple files, but I suppose
> renames have the same problem.

I mean similar problem - you can delete one or more identical files and add one or more new files with the same content.

> It should not be a problem performance-wise...

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Piotr Krukowiecki