Re: [PATCH] ethdev: rename folder to library name

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

03/04/2018 15:29, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 4/3/2018 2:17 PM, Wiles, Keith wrote:
> >> On Apr 3, 2018, at 4:28 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Library folder name and output library name are same except a few flaws
> >> including librte_ether.
> >>
> >> This library is network device abstraction layer, the name "ethdev" fits
> >> better than "ether", and library & header files already named as ethdev.
> >>
> >> Also there is a rte_ether.h in the net library which can cause confusion.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> >> ---
> >> Not sure if the we are ready for this change J
> >>
> >> This is one the issues that the hassle of the change doesn't worth the
> >> benefit and you may prefer to live with the flaw.
> >>
> >> Also a concern is this breaks the git history.
> > 
> > I believe as long as you used ‘git mv’ the git history should not be broken, correct?

I think "git mv" does nothing special. Git tracks the content, so it is the
same as using "mv + git add + git rm".

> I think this will help in some conflict resolving or git blame, but if you check
> the history directly with path, it won't show the past:
> 
> "git log --oneline lib/librte_ethdev/": Will start from this commit

You can use --follow.

Unfortunately, it does not work well with gitk.
You need to use a trick like https://stackoverflow.com/a/37375502

But there is no good solution when tracking a directory, like ethdev,
which had a file split recently, and a directory rename.