From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
To: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:42:02 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bmia7v39.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544c170f-99bd-c701-3063-c697296a30a6@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:50:06 -0800")
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> . the first priority should be to leave the explanation as comments
>> in the code, if that is feasible, because then the commit explains
>> itself, and the information is also available during simple code
>> reading unrelated to VCS history searching;
> Yes, that is preferable if it makes sense in the new code. However, it
> often doesn't make sense. For example, when deleting a file one
> typically does not want to leave a message behind where the file used
> to be, saying "this file was deleted", as that would just slow down
> later maintainers who normally shouldn't be burdened with the detritus
> of older versions.
Yes, but for design decisions, it is useful to keep comments that say
"an alternative design ... was rejected because ..." so when some bright
newbie suggests the alternative, they are easily detered (or forced to
make it even better).
Sometimes these comments belong in the elisp manual.
--
-- Stephe
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2017-12-15 21:26 ` The name gnus-cloud.el Richard Stallman
2017-12-16 22:34 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-17 22:22 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 22:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-12-17 22:57 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-12-18 21:15 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 23:20 ` Stephen Berman
2017-12-18 21:17 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-17 23:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-12-18 0:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-18 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-18 21:16 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-19 3:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-21 16:50 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-21 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-22 18:47 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-22 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-22 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-23 14:58 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-23 15:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-24 20:34 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-25 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-25 22:27 ` Paul Eggert
2017-12-26 19:40 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-10 13:16 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-12-24 20:34 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-25 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 16:27 ` Steinar Bang
2017-12-31 16:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 18:12 ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-12-31 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-01 0:48 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 4:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-31 18:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 1:05 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 4:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-01 10:07 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 10:59 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:40 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 11:00 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:37 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 11:06 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 21:36 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 21:59 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-01-01 22:42 ` Steinar Bang
2018-01-01 22:04 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-01-01 22:45 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-01-02 0:02 ` Óscar Fuentes
2018-01-02 1:15 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-02 8:06 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-02 8:49 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-07-10 13:14 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-10 15:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-10 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-10 20:54 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-10 23:04 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-11 3:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 3:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 4:44 ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-11 8:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 13:54 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support), " Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-11 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 16:09 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-11 17:13 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-07-11 22:50 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-11 23:04 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-07-12 23:35 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-13 20:13 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2018-07-14 7:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 17:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-11 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 20:14 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 22:36 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 2:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 9:04 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:26 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:47 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 16:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:56 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 17:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 19:37 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-13 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 17:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 23:12 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 18:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-14 17:36 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) João Távora
2018-07-15 5:33 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-15 10:41 ` João Távora
2018-07-15 14:11 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-16 2:15 ` [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 10:10 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 12:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 14:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:00 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 18:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-16 18:50 ` João Távora
2018-07-16 21:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-21 10:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-16 23:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 10:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-21 13:02 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 13:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-21 15:08 ` João Távora
2018-07-21 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-10-08 1:10 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-10-08 1:31 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 13:36 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 15:53 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-07-12 16:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:48 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-12 17:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 20:01 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-12 20:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 20:28 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 3:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 8:18 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 12:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 13:07 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-13 15:29 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-07-13 15:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 16:40 ` João Távora
2018-07-12 16:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-12 23:33 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 18:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 19:45 ` João Távora
2018-07-13 20:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-11 17:08 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-11 17:56 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-11 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-12 14:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 22:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-12 19:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-12 23:03 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-12 23:39 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-11 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 17:03 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-12 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 4:33 ` Radon Rosborough
2018-07-13 8:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 14:15 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-13 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-13 16:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-07-13 23:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-14 6:58 ` Commit header lines (was: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-14 16:09 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-14 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-14 21:57 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-12 19:42 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Ted Zlatanov
2018-07-13 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-02 16:15 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 2:50 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-03 3:24 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 18:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 18:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 20:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 22:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 3:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 5:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 6:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 8:03 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-04 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-04 13:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2018-01-05 3:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 18:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-01-03 22:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-04 12:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-01-04 18:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 15:32 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-03 20:11 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-03 16:42 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2018-01-04 11:46 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-03 3:08 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-03 3:28 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-08 2:16 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-08 4:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-08 18:41 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-08 19:29 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-08 21:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-09 2:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-09 7:27 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-10 3:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-10 8:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-10 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-11 22:08 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Stefan Monnier
2018-01-12 8:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 2:33 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-13 5:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 8:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 10:31 ` Tim Landscheidt
2018-01-13 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 21:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-13 19:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-13 19:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 20:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-01-14 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-13 8:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-01-16 2:16 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el) Richard Stallman
2018-01-09 2:54 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-02 22:04 ` git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Steinar Bang
2018-01-02 5:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-01-02 17:34 ` The name gnus-cloud.el Karl Fogel
2018-01-02 20:42 ` Chad Brown
2017-12-18 21:15 ` Richard Stallman
2017-12-19 6:09 ` John Wiegley
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