From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:16:20 GMT
Subject: Re: Adding Git to Better SCM Initiative : Comparison
Message-ID: <vpqd4s5ycvv.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20080113150541.21883.qmail@science.horizon.com>

linux@horizon.com writes:

> "Rename support" is a kludge to make a fundamentally broken model
> less painful.

It's not.

Git _has_ rename support. Look into the code, you'll find some code
whose purpose is to manage renames. And _no_, rename support is not
just a direct consequence of commits being atomic.

Atomic commit help, but if you do nothing else, moving a file and then
trying to merge will fail for example. So, in addition to atomic
commits, you have at least 3 options : explicit file ID (bzr),
recording renames (hg), or detecting renames after-the-fact (git).

-- 
Matthieu