From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:20:54 GMT
Subject: Re: How to keep log history when renaming and changing simultaneously
Message-ID: <xmqqr30qflk9.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xpWMdoQj5FxkN=7QKc3UvW77HsTDs5RRZiCg4WVnB4wqA@mail.gmail.com>

Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Unfortunately I don't have a ready link to the message, but there is a
> very good post from early on in Git's development where Linus explains
> why Git does not store rename and copy information in the history.

One of the most important message in the list archive, gmane:217 aka

http://public-inbox.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504150753440.7211@ppc970.osdl.org/