Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:
>I didn't mean that the files have a common history, just identical
>contents. So if it just picks one, it might be the wrong one.
This problem only arises if *both* files get renamed in the same commit.
If only either one of those files is renamed in the same commit, history
is retained.
>If I leave less than 50% of the contents, it seems even more likely
>that there may be multiple files with different history which have
>partial matches on the contents.
In theory, yes. In practice, in code development projects, this problem
rarely arises.
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