From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Navigating an enormous code base Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:34:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877d7aq5qy.fsf@cock.li> <87bkwmo56v.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16137"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Marcus Harnisch Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 16:37:00 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nk5GO-0003yR-6P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:37:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33818 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nk5GM-0003NN-Go for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:36:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nk5Ea-0003N9-HY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:35:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oa1-f50.google.com ([209.85.160.50]:43847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nk5EZ-0005Pv-1T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:35:08 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oa1-f50.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-e9027efe6aso5303389fac.10 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:35:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=jpJtsluaKP+nQeqdOD+ksRsho6bfjUBDa1jGznXE7Vo=; b=0oyYTGl9BsZxosk/s72TrgqGpdl2ZcrWslgtWGE2VLsr+sKdDr7YhGFGWssb3qhp9i J1mjLRs5lH7G7zS6VCrQ7PpM7Qea7SWrHy5GSOjC8ntZXxdFgboqms1NLb7CX7W4U3JF fsiN6qX2QfhdKlgauGej6gwRR6P9+sIg7GlOnzfEYiZUY4o8Q43UKSB42dA41xjXxPt6 UEsDXIMTyoxKoqjM6WtnxT5i25+9m2DlTxV7uqqYypbPh0afuLwk6UBpsWIjxXpVZd9A JE9O3AyULSxThS/MUeWWm3nuERl1ARQs3I7OTMtL2GHRDCLDLTrqg69y0o8PGDhqezNg RAcg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530BgxgnA1HtVtF+U3CrScshx95fDV2DNaPVN+c+riFr0cS7VCY+ PXJ+hlNvSW5R0NCtxEb0cw+BwAc7G0GSPDNXLjs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzSfOaAb1ooeNx5OyiMEz/TQAEg92BDrHRvjdJbd4I1LImFqAKZWNzb3q6YZkDVyulDRrw9967b++Qc+SjyHOA= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6871:89e:b0:e9:5368:10ed with SMTP id r30-20020a056871089e00b000e9536810edmr7569616oaq.182.1651156505686; Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:35:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=209.85.160.50; envelope-from=john.yates.sheets@gmail.com; helo=mail-oa1-f50.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -13 X-Spam_score: -1.4 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.249, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:137064 Archived-At: On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 4:38 AM Marcus Harnisch wrote: > > Ggtags won't be able to tell if files have been renamed or added, I am > afraid. (it might notice deletions, though) That is crucial. A very large part of my work is untangling decades of cruft (including migration from C to C++). I do a tremendous amount of refactoring: moving and renaming files. I need a scheme that can handle such churn gracefully.