| From: | Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: renaming contrib. (was multi-platform, multi-locale regression tests) |
| Date: | 2010-11-11 15:28:11 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTikQnS_Zjr0N8Me2QM7uA_uMUEhJ0YaC5vPUMc4X@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 17:24, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Given that we have, in fact, never renamed any files in the history of
> the project, I'm wondering exactly why it thinks that the number of
> potential rename/copy targets isn't zero. The whole thing smells
> broken to me, which is why I am unhappy about the idea of suddenly
> starting to depend on it in a big way.
Because git doesn't do "rename tracking" at all -- a rename operation
is no different from a delete+add operation. Instead it tracks how
lines of code move around in the tree:
https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#Why_does_git_not_.22track.22_renames.3F
Regards,
Marti
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