On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Ron Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> But then, why not look up the file in the repository even if it's not in > the current working space? > That could lead to ambiguities or inconsistent results. Assume i have file1, then move it to foo/file1, then move bar/file2 to /file1. Which file1 do i want when i use finfo? > Renamed files have been a problem in every VCS I've ever used, even hugely > expensive commercial systems. Moved files even more so. Unfortunately, the > only people I know who might be able to come up with a solution work for > companies who consider projects like Fossil or Git as competitors, so their > employment contracts prevent them from contributing. > i suspect that many of the related problems are philosophical ones without 100% correct answers (like the above file1 case). Of the SCMs i've used extensively (CVS, SVN, Fossil), fossil easily handles renames/moves most sanely, IMO. i assume git handles them just as well, but have no experience with that feature in git. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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