From: Gwyneth Morgan Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:35:39 GMT Subject: Re: Improving support for name changes in git Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 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