[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 19:15:30 (GMT), Kaz Kylheku wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: rename in cvs]
>
> It's irrational to want the present implementation of a tool to do
> something that it isn't designed to do. CVS cannot represent the idea
> that BAR was once called FOO; that they are semantically intended to be
> the same object.
>
> But it's not illogical to *want* the capability in a version control tool.
Are we talking about CVS, or some fictional tool here? I'm talking
about CVS.
> In a version control tool that has the capability, the user can see the
> entire history of FOO, going back to the point where it was renamed to
> BAR and beyond. The rename is just another historic event that is tracked,
> and the path name of the file is just another property. There is nothing
> illogical about it.
Ah, so you're not talking about CVS -- why are you posting here then?
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