Re: Basename matching during rename/copy detection

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Jun 21, 2007, 12:53 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqodj9zcxf.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <200706211344.47560.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thursday 2007 June 21, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> > would let people keep their copies.  What I was objecting to was the
>> > idea that any repository with duplicate files was "stupid".
>>
>> FWIW I find it stupid, too.
>
> Thanks very much.  Okay, as I've been put in the position of defending this, 
> let me give you the use case that has cropped up for me to do this stupid 
> thing.

Well, why look so far to find an example of people having identical files in their tree?

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Matthieu