From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:49:41 +0100 Message-ID: References: <877ett8g7k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87a7yn7tqp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878te75xa1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ind6l2tt.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877etklvsa.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83y3m0pv8u.fsf@gnu.org> <86608msw0h.fsf@dod.no> <838tdiet25.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3li4vh7.fsf@telefonica.net> <87efnan46u.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1514882939 14867 195.159.176.226 (2 Jan 2018 08:48:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 08:48:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 02 09:48:55 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 1eWIFi-0003V0-6O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:48:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35055 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWIHh-00015E-BF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:50:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45661) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWIGh-0000oN-WD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:49:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWIGe-0008Hw-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:49:56 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:54477) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWIGd-0008EO-Si for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:49:52 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.209.240.67.getinternet.no ([84.209.240.67] helo=stories) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eWIGT-0004CW-9x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:49:43 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAD1BMVEUMBQgZDBHm0cyMZWY3 HiYOP+p/AAACaElEQVQ4jVWUgbnbIAyERe0BIGaBSB7ARhoAjPafqSeSvrYkX2LzC3FIZ1OiXDBG 8eHu08dIPspO5JioFT+GWfVdrSDAM0DFZ4U7QFX/gpIqEo1Sah3FvE5clo5UGKmsEX++V8Ri238B SLU9O67+B6HOUmUtmfIC3zyZ5rA0eRGE0zfR6Dsb5DLz+MkTec0mq2/emK0sgFkoLvNhFndr1s4P sFCefDbM4yRsIn+AY9Gh9qhVFrapmXZK1ar5qIdqEz2wtbkm2ihNtXkGQCqG2Ng8gKmN5xwFUyLS Yp7vA8hUIWPUAMyPxDnuh2/SuBLdZ/y1h+O2N36TILeK1FCrKwqqGQA30uRcgNUCnDjqTb5pwzaz BbBYIncLoG6Ha6xjwdEYx/nU0WdkiNAQGgdcA+bZEGXeVhbevvOoVprWcEaVCXnnAjjPBeA69TOK jiiiTJbVdAiCrNh0VM/b2R9+J4DkNtG2AD1NNP96cQ8LpY7WAyCh1wtR9gEx8o5qY0l4c0SPL0/L Dx7yxQ50gTavAJ2WtQaKAzdV2nuiSgdflajHkgVm2+cVGX7JexQa2Cetaitv5gEeOUsJXeRRU7Sp 6R7WfKEiHang+4c/S1Bq6MRdMorF/voClmo9VpgSHiq6YWVpq3wNZsOKWUhHPKD8F/QAZoQvfPuw ATQouA2p+KxQRDsqL2F/9EqwadgerfUO+66uo5JNL7LQaAFyMlRLrAM9V/LlUoKnc542ED6Mz9ZX qgUUb4/ppaHr8HVaquDEaPgUvX1oPCKGVwhMqV8QBhp+NBWLVxD03bRrPAdoaz9QRcm5pCN8/RsB /6XNrWwDeAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== In-Reply-To: (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 2 Jan 2018 00:06:11 -0800") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:221527 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > What would be most helpful (and I realize I'm asking for a lot) would > be ChangeLog entries or commit messages (it doesn't matter which) that > explain the *motivation* for each change. In contrast, often it is > counterproductive to burden commit messages with mechanical details > such as naming each and every function that was modified, as it wastes > developers' time to wade through these details when they're trying to > look for stuff that's more important. Hear, hear. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no