From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:58:21 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] add diff-pairs tool Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20161201205504.flgaf7dwv3b3dkkd@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King writes: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:52:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Jeff King writes: >> >> > This takes the output of `diff-tree -z --raw` and feeds it >> > back to the later stages of the diff machinery to produce >> > diffs in other formats. >> >> A full circle. This reminds me of the experiment done more than 10 >> years ago at the beginning of the "diffcore transformations" design. > > Heh, I didn't even think to dig for prior art on the list. It took me a while to dig it up because the topic is so old, but https://public-inbox.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251832480.18901@ppc970.osdl.org/ is the thread I had in mind. The idea of rename detection followed soon afterwards.