Hi, Às 6:33 AM de 1/19/2017, Konstantin Khomoutov escreveu: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:40:52 +0000 > Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] >> I have seen a lot of Linux developers avoid this re-organization >> operations because they would lose the renamed file history, because >> a new log is created for the new file, even if it is a renamed >> version of itself. I am sending you this e-mail to suggest the >> creation of a new feature in Git: when renamed, a file or folder >> should inherit his parent’s log and a “rename: …” would be >> automatically created or have some kind of pointer to its “old” form >> to make history analysis easier. > > Git does not record renames because of its stance that what matters is > code _of the whole project_ as opposed to its location in a particular > file. > > Hence with regard to renames Git "works backwards" by detecting them > dynamically while traversing the history (such as with `git log` > etc). This detection uses certain heuristics which can be controlled > with knobs pointed to by Stefan Beller. > > Still, I welcome you to read the sort-of "reference" post by Linus > Torvalds [1] in which he explains the reasoning behind this approach > implemented in Git. IMO, understanding the reasoning behind the idea > is much better than just mechanically learning how to use it. > > The whole thread (esp. Torvalds' replies) is worth reading, but that > particular mail summarizes the whole thing very well. > > (The reference link to it used to be [2], but Gmane is not fully > recovered to be able to display it.) > > 1. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__public-2Dinbox.org_git_Pine.LNX.4.58.0504150753440.7211-40ppc970.osdl.org_&d=DwIDaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=s2fO0hii0OGNOv9qQy_HRXy-xAJUD1NNoEcc3io_kx0&m=X0bQCOGTuZF-uq6smPwJDw4Q47qHgjWaewgTHCbhMnM&s=97U97toe9A6XOAJxbhxvWeYpzl-wPw9QvlhQfAEUTdI&e= > 2. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__thread.gmane.org_gmane.comp.version-2Dcontrol.git_27_focus-3D217&d=DwIDaQ&c=DPL6_X_6JkXFx7AXWqB0tg&r=s2fO0hii0OGNOv9qQy_HRXy-xAJUD1NNoEcc3io_kx0&m=X0bQCOGTuZF-uq6smPwJDw4Q47qHgjWaewgTHCbhMnM&s=agYFOBCbLeaKAB6frWWzcwHkZyrMZLW4ExgDxzQyVlI&e= > Thank you very much for the info! Joao