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Re: format-patch on permission change gives empty patch

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Oct 7, 2010, 19:06 UTC
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I have a mixed feeling about where to go next.
> 
>  (1) Treat "rebase" as a way to reproduce a reasonable history; the
>      current behaviour to drop empty commits is consistent with this view,
>      as a history with an empty commit is _not_ entirely reasonable.
But a file mode change isn't exactly an empty commit, no?
Nicolas
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  5. Sverre RabbelierOct 7, 2010
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  8. Nicolas PitreOct 7, 2010
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