From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:31:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83608515hl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87efnan46u.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> <7c7503b4-1f82-8a25-fedd-c61c3e7629f6@cs.ucla.edu> <83zi5o6w4p.fsf@gnu.org> <745d2f02-8ca3-8962-0de4-053340c8fa63@cs.ucla.edu> <83efmx6862.fsf@gnu.org> <83wp0n32se.fsf@gnu.org> <83po6e17o4.fsf@gnu.org> <838td11r6z.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515900617 29947 195.159.176.226 (14 Jan 2018 03:30:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 03:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 14 04:30:12 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eaYzq-0007Bz-Kn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jan 2018 04:30:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33221 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaZ1o-0006ok-LG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:32:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38367) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaZ12-0006oC-5Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:31:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaZ0x-0007xX-Fk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:31:24 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:54338) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaZ0x-0007xM-Cm; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:31:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2183 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eaZ0w-0000DX-PQ; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:31:19 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:22:03 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221947 Archived-At: > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:22:03 -0800 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Even in places where network connectivity is limited, I don't see why a serious > Emacs hacker would intentionally avoid the Git repository and instead download > and manipulate tarballs by hand. You will have to believe me that I have my reasons, and they are good ones.