Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:52:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes:
>> 
>> > This takes the output of `diff-tree -z --raw` and feeds it
>> > back to the later stages of the diff machinery to produce
>> > diffs in other formats.
>> 
>> A full circle.  This reminds me of the experiment done more than 10
>> years ago at the beginning of the "diffcore transformations" design.
>
> Heh, I didn't even think to dig for prior art on the list.

It took me a while to dig it up because the topic is so old, but

https://public-inbox.org/git/pine.lnx.4.58.0504251832480.18...@ppc970.osdl.org/

is the thread I had in mind.  The idea of rename detection followed
soon afterwards.

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