Re: [PATCH v2 04/17] merge-ort: add outline for computing directory renames

> If the intent was to keep merge-recursive.c indefinitely, then yes it
> would.  However, the intent is to (1) avoid touching merge-recursive.c
> so I don't destabilize it and so folks can fall back to it, (2) get
> merge-ort.c completed, and people to adopt and feel confident in it,
> (3) delete merge-recursive.[ch].
>
> This has come up a few other times in a review on the series, because
> there are even examples of copied-and-unmodified functions; see
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BGtpXRSz+ngFz20j8W4qgpb8juogsLf6HF7b0-Pt=s6=g@mail.gmail.com/
> and https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BEEoqOer11BYrqSVE9E4HcT5MNWcRm7ZHBQ7MVZRUDVXw@mail.gmail.com/.
> I know it seems weird to intentionally repeat, but since the goal is
> to nuke merge-recursive.c, I'm doing it as a temporary measure.