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Re: Renaming files with git not all that bad?
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Stefan Kangas |
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Re: Renaming files with git not all that bad? |
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Thu, 9 Dec 2021 14:03:06 -0800 |
Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> writes:
>> Couldn't the same effect be achieved in a simpler manner by copying the
>> original file N times in one commit and then stripping the copies and
>> original down to what they should eventually become? (AFAIK, git has no
>> problem detecting literal copies.)
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> Indeed, I tried this and it works for me, as long as the first commit
> is only literal copies. Maybe Git’s ancestry detection through copies
> was not as advanced in the unspecified times when Raymond invented his
> technique.
I'm having no luck with this.
Could you describe the exact steps you took?
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