Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4)

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Dec 6, 2010, 08:13 UTC
Message-ID: <buopqtfmi85.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101206082948.1403cc5a@chalon.bertin.fr>

Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr> writes:

> But then, why not simply use --find-renames (since --detect-renames has
> luckily not been released ontl the masses yet), and avoid making similar-usage
> opts dissimilar and then adding a synonym just to make them similar the other
> way ?

"Find" and "detect" have different nuances.

"Detect" sounds somewhat passive/minor, so "detect renames" makes it more clear that renames are detected _in addition_ to normal processing.

"Find," by contrast, is active/major, so "find renames" makes it sounds like an action to be performed _instead_ of some normal processing.

-Miles

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