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Re: Improving support for name changes in git

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Gwyneth Morgan <gwymor@tilde.club>
Date
Apr 26, 2023, 18:35 UTC
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On 2023-04-04 18:00:00+0000, Bran Hagger wrote:
> Has there been any further work done on supporting git name changes that I missed? Are there any existing files without git history that face similar issues?
> 
> [1] https://code.googlesource.com/git/summit/2020/+/main/notes.md
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210103211849.2691287-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net/

There was another proposal posted by brian last year, using signing keys the author controls instead of hashes: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20220919145231.48245-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net/T/

A different VCS, Pijul, recently adopted a system that seems similar to brian's proposal, and may provide some inspiration on the user experience. I haven't seen documentation for it, but there are some examples of commands here: https://nest.pijul.com/pijul/pijul/discussions/706

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  1. Bran HaggerApr 4, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2023
  3. Gwyneth MorganApr 26, 2023

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