Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes: Hi Philip,
> I don't believe that config variable works correctly. Aside from the performance aspects, I have the subjective feeling that git detects renames better with higher values which is the main motivation for me. But honestly I didn't really compare like trying the very same merge twice, once with low and once with high values. It's just a gut feeling and trust in the docs. :-) > There is currently some work being done by Elijah Newren on trying to > refactor and consolidate all the different bits of merge and rename > detection code, and that (IIRC) was one of the issues (and there are > many). > > Have a search of the Git email archive for more info > https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=renameLimit > e.g. Look for the cover letter to his patch series. Also > https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180426205202.23056-2-benpe...@microsoft.com/ Thanks a lot for those pointers. I'll read them up. Bye, Tassilo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/874kusa6hd.fsf%40gnu.org.
