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[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> > 
> > Git _definitely_ handles renames, both in everyday life and when merging.
> 
> Hmm.  Could you say more here?  The only examples I can think of for
> handling renames are situations that can be expressed as a merge.

So yes, merges are the situation where renames are normally considered a 
"problem", but it's actually not nearly the most every-day situation at 
all.

The most common one is actually just showing things as a diff.

If you are looking at a code-change, there's an absolutely _huge_ 
difference if you look at the result as a "delete this huge file" and 
"create this other huge file" and seeing it as a "move this huge file from 
here to here, and change a few lines in the process".

So the most _important_ part of rename tracking from a user perspective is 
for the person who walks through somebody elses code history, and wants to 
know how a certain state came to be. The merges are usually not as big of 
a deal for the user (although they are clearly the most hairy case for the 
SCM - which is why SCM people concentrate on merges).

			Linus