Re: git patch format for rename
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
- Date
- Jul 6, 2016, 17:45 UTC
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- <CAGZ79kaA1208Z7kMYJR42NRvYnh4T36M6Rz5W3jok0=ZfvmyHg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Nadya.Zabrodina@jetbrains.com <Nadya.Zabrodina@jetbrains.com> wrote:
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> Hi, > > could you please explain to me why ‘rename from & rename to’ information is added to git patch? > Is there any reason why git can’t recognize and apply rename-change which looks like this: > > diff --git a/before.txt b/after.txt > --- a/before.txt > +++ b/after.txt
See https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt for the status quo. I think most of it grew over time and made sense at the time of implementation, so the alternatives were maybe considered, you'd need to look for the old discussions around the diff format.
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> > I’m implementing a program (with an IDE) to create patches compatible with Git and want to have better understanding of the format and possible issues with it. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html