Re: git-mv redux: there must be something else going on

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In article 
<76718491002031555i2c1558f9qe0c97d07ceb86bb6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > More about this: http://marc.info/?l=git&m=114123702826251
> 
> I think the canonical email on the subject is this one:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/217
> 

The upshot seems to be this:

> And that "where did this come from" decision should be done at _search_ 
> time, not commit time.

And I'm mostly convinced, except for the one screw case that I outlined 
above.  In that case the search-time result is ambiguous, and file 
tracking information could be used to resolve the ambiguity.  But it 
certainly does seem like a rare enough situation that it's not worth 
worrying about.

I think I'm starting to git it :-)

rg

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