Anton Vorontsov wrote:
I always thought that posting "-M" patches to the public lists is
discouraged since it is quite difficult to apply them via patch(1).
Also think of non-git users...

I think the substantially enhanced reviewability trumps non-git-users who can follow the rename instructions manually (or fix up their patch utility) if they insist on shunning tools that would make their life easier.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae5708e
[...]
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma_64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ae5708e..0000000

That is, if hashes match then it was pure rename.

I suppose, though it's not as easy to spot, and won't help in showing what the differences are if there are any.

-Scott

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