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Re: [SCM] master: Rename Linux Host/Proc/Task to Linux Core/Ptrace Host/Proc/Task.

Roland McGrath wrote:
git-mv does not do anything special, in fact. GIT's support for file
renaming is just implicit detection, not explicit markers from user action.
So, what matters is doing a commit that removes file A and adds file B,
where A and B have completely identical contents (matching sha1sum).
To preserve history, you have to carefully do a commit that only renames,
and then a commit that touches the contents of the file.

Well that jolly well rots. ;) So in future then to preserve log history a mv should be its own commit, and only the rename should be the commit.

Regards

Phil

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