> Junio typically applies bugfixes as close to the bug-source as possible, > which allows them to be merged-up into various releases (rather than > cherry-picked, which would be required if built on top of 'master'). > > Ideally this is directly on top of the commit that introduced the bug, > though for an ancient bug like this, it's not worth the effort. It looks > like he applied it on the 2.16 maint branch, which predates e5e5e0883. > When it's merged up, the resolution will handle the rename (probably > even automatically due to Git's rename detection). That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. > Great. Please come back anytime. :) Will do! Best, WC
