On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:02 PM, j. van den hoff <veedeeh...@googlemail.com > wrote:
> just a short feedback: I think keeping the `test-rename-list' would be a > welcome additional feature (even if rename-aware diff would become a > reality). at least it helps to keep track of what renames have happened at > some time or other (and thus allows to do the diff across the rename > manually if everything else fails). > +1. For those who haven't seen this (i think the command itself was renamed?): [stephan@host:~/cvs/fossil/cwal]$ f help test-name-changes Usage: f test-name-changes [--debug] VERSION1 VERSION2 Show all filename changes that occur going from VERSION1 to VERSION2 [stephan@host:~/cvs/fossil/cwal]$ f test-name-changes rid:1 tip ------ Changes for (1) rid:1 -> (3687) tip [th1ish/20.th1ish] -> [th1ish/unit/000-020.th1ish] [th1ish/19.th1ish] -> [th1ish/unit/000-019.th1ish] .... [s1/th1ish.c] -> [th1ish/th1ish.c] [cwal_list.h] -> [include/wh/cwal/cwal_list.h] (28 files in total for this repo, where i once moved 22 test scripts.) > for fossil "in the wild" the rating of this might be different, partly. > overall I agree that most of the time this is not an issue. but _when_ it > is it can be a serious one. i'd say "annoying" rather than "serious," since the HTML UI offers an option. Agreed: when it's useful, it's really useful. But it's just not all that often useful :/. > I presume reorganizing a modest-size project by moving stuff from one > subdir to another could really cause > quite a bit of trouble when wanting to diff against old revisions > afterwards. "presume" implies that you've never had a real problem with it ;). -- ----- 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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