Feature Request: 'bzr mv --after' to tell bzr that file(s) have already been moved in the working tree

[Erik Bågfors]

I think "bzr mv foo bar" should have the following logic

if file foo exists
    move file foo to bar
    move file_id from foo to bar
else if file bar exists
     move file_id from foo to bar

That way, the following means the same
mv foo bar
bzr mv foo bar

and
bzr mv foo bar

I think that's what Aaron is talking about.

/Erik


On 11/3/06, Hanns-Steffen Eichenberg <scameronde at googlemail.com> wrote:
> An automatic detection of moved files would be great, but i think you have
> to have an explicit option in addition. Why? When refactoring Java Code
> (rename a class, for example), the name of the file AND the file content
> changes simultaneously. It is an atomic operation from within Eclipse (and
> all other major Java IDEs). How can this be later detected by an algorithm?
>
> Ciao,
>   Steffen (scameronde)
>
>
>
> On 11/3/06, Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca> wrote:
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> > > I really would like to see an option like '--after' for the mv command.
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> > > Has this feature been discussed before? Is the idea good or am i missing
> > > something that makes it just plain silly?
> > > RFC.
> >
> > We should definitely support this functionality.  In the past, we've
> > discussed not requiring a special flag to do this, just detecting that
> > the file has already moved, and just moving the file_id.
> >
> > Aaron
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