Re: 100% (was: [PATCH] diffcore-rename: favour identical basenames)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 22, 2007, 12:49 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706221347480.4059@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <86ps3oi7ma.fsf_-_@lola.quinscape.zz>

Hi,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, David Kastrup wrote:

> As a note aside: would it be possible to always round downwards when 
> computing similarities or converting between them?

I'd rather not. This would be counterintuitive. People expect rounded values.

> I very much would like to see the 100% figure reserved for identity.
> This is particularly relevant when interpreting the output of git-diff
> --name-status with regard to R100, C100 and similar flags.

You should never depend on the output of --name-status if you're interested in identifying identical files, but on the object names.

Ciao, Dscho

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