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| author | Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | 2021-08-04 23:50:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-08-05 15:57:39 (GMT) |
| commit | b378df72ed147d346503341db06771c52cd2dbb8 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a40773cf5389f162d8c4034e131416fc9140da4 /Documentation/technical/directory-rename-detection.txt | |
| parent | e037c2e41869489c1e17701a9f1c429ad9c18f9b (diff) | |
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directory-rename-detection.txt: small updates due to merge-ort optimizations
In commit 0c4fd732f0 ("Move computation of dir_rename_count from
merge-ort to diffcore-rename", 2021-02-27), much of the logic for
computing directory renames moved into diffcore-rename.
directory-rename-detection.txt had claims that all of that logic was
found in merge-recursive. Update the documentation.
Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/directory-rename-detection.txt b/Documentation/technical/directory-rename-detection.txt index 49b83ef..029ee2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/directory-rename-detection.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/directory-rename-detection.txt @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Directory rename detection ========================== Rename detection logic in diffcore-rename that checks for renames of -individual files is aggregated and analyzed in merge-recursive for cases -where combinations of renames indicate that a full directory has been -renamed. +individual files is also aggregated there and then analyzed in either +merge-ort or merge-recursive for cases where combinations of renames +indicate that a full directory has been renamed. Scope of abilities ------------------ @@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ directory rename detection support in: Folks have requested in the past that `git diff` detect directory renames and somehow simplify its output. It is not clear whether this would be desirable or how the output should be simplified, so this was - simply not implemented. Further, to implement this, directory rename - detection logic would need to move from merge-recursive to - diffcore-rename. + simply not implemented. Also, while diffcore-rename has most of the + logic for detecting directory renames, some of the logic is still found + within merge-ort and merge-recursive. Fully supporting directory + rename detection in diffs would require copying or moving the remaining + bits of logic to the diff machinery. * am |