From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:33:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1101311630010.8580@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <vpqwrlkg4r8.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > other than adding merge burden on me and rebase burden on others, that
> > is.
> 
> That can be seen as a test of how good Git is at bulk rename
> management ;-).
> 
> All that said, I cannot really say whether the benefit is higher than
> the cost.

There is a huge value in inflicting on ourselves such a test case for 
the tool we produce.  That helps avoiding the ivory tower syndrome.


Nicolas