refractoring tools or workflows?

[Tim Michelsen]

> renames. Usually the IDE or editor provides these sorts of tools since
> refactoring is dependent on knowledge of the languages used in your
> source, of which the VCS is completely unaware.
OK.


> If it's a large piece of work that would be best done in stages, I would
> recommend creating a branch for it and committing each step separately.
> That should help you in tracking what has been done already.

sounds reasonable. Thank you

Earlier, I also found:
http://jam-bazaar.blogspot.de/2009/10/refactoring-work-for-review-and-keep.html