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Re: change of git-diff-tree and symlinks

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 25, 2005, 22:47 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0505251544250.2307@ppc970.osdl.org>
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On Thu, 26 May 2005, Kay Sievers wrote:
> 
> If we introduce 'T', how is a content _and_ a type change represented
> if they happen at the same time?
A 'T' _always_ implies a content change, imho.

Yes, that strange udev changeset actually had files that had the same content as the symlinks, but from a patch perspective, that should probably really still be a "file got entirely deleted" + "we created a symlink with new content". Anything else just doesn't make any sense.

So in that way, 'T' really is different from 'M'. 'M' implies a patch (which might be empty, of course), while 'T' implies that the old thing was deleted and entirely replaced with something totally different.

		Linus
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Message 9 of 20 in “change of git-diff-tree and symlinks”
  1. Kay SieversMay 25, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  3. Kay SieversMay 25, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  5. Adjust show-files test for dotfiles.Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  6. Fix type-change handling when assigning the status code to filepairs.Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  7. Kay SieversMay 25, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  10. Mode only changes from diff.Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  11. Test case portability fix.Junio C Hamano, May 26, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 26, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2005
  14. Jochen RoemlingMay 29, 2005
  15. Kay SieversMay 29, 2005
  16. Jochen RoemlingMay 29, 2005
  17. Sebastian KuzminskyMay 29, 2005
  18. Sebastian KuzminskyMay 30, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisMay 29, 2005

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