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

[Aaron Bentley]

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Hanns-Steffen Eichenberg 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?

Oh, not based on content.  Just:
if (source path doesn't exist, and
    target path does exist, and
    source path is versioned and
    target path is not versioned)

then move the file_id, without moving the file.

Aaron
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