On 10/10/08 Junio C Hamano said: > The above observation of mine is correct, but I forgot that "git status" > (and the comment in the commit template from "git commit") is generated > internally with "diff-index -B -M". So if > > (0) had A but not B in the HEAD commit; > (1) you created B that is very similar to the original A; and > (2) you modified A beyond recognition; Which, FTR, is what I did. I copied A -> B for its boilerplate, and then hacked them both up, although B consisted mostly of content that I removed from A (a refactoring exercise). > This however makes me wonder if "diff-index -B -M" should say B is copied > (instead of being renamed) from A and A is modified in such a case. I do > not think we would want to make such a change without thinking things, > through. Gotcha. Indeed though, I did cp A -> B, and if A still exists then it obviously was not renamed. Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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