From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Renaming files with git not all that bad? Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 14:57:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: <19fed68e4cabf6148ef8f2d18e852d97@webmail.orcon.net.nz> <83h7biuo47.fsf@gnu.org> 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="310"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Phil Sainty , Mathias Dahl , Emacs developers To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 15:05:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1mvK2f-000ASS-6f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:05:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45100 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvK2c-00054X-MF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:05:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42516) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvJvy-0002rw-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:58:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pg1-f171.google.com ([209.85.215.171]:34567) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mvJvx-0004if-8A; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:58:06 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pg1-f171.google.com with SMTP id g16so5183958pgi.1; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 05:58:04 -0800 (PST) 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=m9dRBJozkgisCRZq4zZhxIPRaJkPNgsNCp7gJk2sgyg=; b=Ht5tDhRYxKfZ7ytgixOYnczO8aOInJmoW49/oXfMbhfNvoWVAvD8pgUe569I/3FXLl FFVz2w6UUI5LvgVfGpEihRIQbBxPzUoLkWNn4aca7erQTGDDI1fft1k1gjxFB/vSewob qfG6DfU4ZRxB8RobUe7UDWHVerv9NA+xCBd7Htqqx/DaNqLo4MzhiVJw2mC86bAaQ/pU iVQ5w+CnuLPF5FDG7LqQiAgvBPWjH54IAZWM6f9P/qAilWkjq+l/6DgQ/itDZQPsvwc+ xmq0oycHEJZEHZqICvUUfMF/QXXZFNc7ZXl6M7cllgbKCtRQscRk8K7uzGUqyP8x5kdT 8eiw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Bwd5YugQ0kKEeNc9Wnd8QBqhjiazpwIK3+rslmvK28UqRZUvo PaZN1IiIxTT9V6ga4C/5t+unXnhtmUoo4r1u0kk0nsGc X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx8IJX0nWQTQkE1uEg14QBTs7RNSTDuDbGqGeSvNKGMHmg5tPOoOoNjzAxckgA8FjJ+xeScH9D5n93405Wtuw0= X-Received: by 2002:aa7:8283:0:b0:49f:a0d0:abcf with SMTP id s3-20020aa78283000000b0049fa0d0abcfmr11923682pfm.70.1639058283611; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 05:58:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83h7biuo47.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=209.85.215.171; envelope-from=stefankangas@gmail.com; helo=mail-pg1-f171.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=0.248, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:281501 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Some Git commands don't have the --follow switch, AFAIR, or have it in > a way that forbids using other useful options. So renaming still has > its downsides, albeit they aren't catastrophic nor affect every single > Git feature. Right. It seems a whole lot better than what was my previous understanding, at least, but I'm not sure how it affects our current strong inclination to go out of our way to avoid renames.