Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-20 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 20.01.2017 o 01:26, Linus Torvalds pisze: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote: >> W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: >>> >>> You can do it in tig, but I suspect a more graphical tool might be better. >> >> Well, we do have "git gui blame". > > Does that ac

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-20 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Stefan, Às 10:03 PM de 1/19/2017, Stefan Beller escreveu: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto >>> wrote: I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux sub

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote: > W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: >> >> You can do it in tig, but I suspect a more graphical tool might be better. > > Well, we do have "git gui blame". Does that actually work for people? Because it really doesn't for me. A

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Stefan Beller
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: > Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >>> >>> I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a >>> rename >>> of a set of folders and files would be the

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> >> I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a >> rename >> of a set of folders and files would be the perfect scenario for future >> development, but the sugges

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov > wrote: >> >> 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. > > It's worth

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Linus, Às 6:39 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov > wrote: >> >> 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. >

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > > I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a > rename > of a set of folders and files would be the perfect scenario for future > development, but the suggestion is not accepted, not because it's not correct, > but

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > > 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. It's worth noting that that discussion was from some _very_ early days

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi, Às 6:33 AM de 1/19/2017, Konstantin Khomoutov escreveu: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:40:52 + > Joao Pinto 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

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Junio C Hamano
Konstantin Khomoutov writes: > 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

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:40:52 + Joao Pinto 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 y

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Stefan, Às 6:50 PM de 1/18/2017, Stefan Beller escreveu: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My name is Joao Pinto, I work at Synopsys and I am a frequent Linux Kernel >> contributor. >> >> Let me start by congratulate you for the fantastic work you have been

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Stefan Beller
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Joao Pinto, I work at Synopsys and I am a frequent Linux Kernel > contributor. > > Let me start by congratulate you for the fantastic work you have been doing > with > Git which is an excellent tool. > > The Linux Kernel a