From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert Subject: Re: newbie questions about git design and features (some wrt hg) Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:15:47 +0100 Message-ID: <45C1BDD3.8050103@fs.ei.tum.de> References: <3c6c07c20701300820l42cfc8dbsb80393fc1469f667@mail.gmail.com> <200702010058.43431.jnareb@gmail.com> <20070201003429.GQ10108@waste.org> <200702010157.51452.jnareb@gmail.com> <45C19DD0.20504@fs.ei.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF0F56CA043E42E6359E57DA3" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Feb 01 11:17:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HCZ0S-0000nv-Eq for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:17:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422789AbXBAKQK (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:16:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422788AbXBAKQA (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:16:00 -0500 Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([129.187.54.7]:38072 "EHLO stella.fs.ei.tum.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422777AbXBAKPv (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:15:51 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC0E28255; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:15:48 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fs.ei.tum.de Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id gURMhzM5n7ai; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:15:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.10.124] (ppp-62-216-202-10.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.216.202.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by stella.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682C52824E; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:15:48 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; DragonFly pc32; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061212 Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF0F56CA043E42E6359E57DA3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> If you rename, you take the penalty of duplicating the content=20 >> (compressed) with a new name. No big deal there. So there are *no*=20 >> file-ids. Blobs go into the data/index file which corresponds to thei= r=20 >> filename. > So, can you explain to me how a filename is _not_ a file-id? It is not a file-id like other SCM use it (I think monotone, not sure tho= ugh). If you copy/move the content to a new name, the ID will not stay t= he same. Just see it as a hash bucket which allows you easy access to th= e history for a file currently with this name. cheers simon --=20 Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low =E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC NOW!1 +++= Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \ --------------enigF0F56CA043E42E6359E57DA3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (DragonFly) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFwb3Tr5S+dk6z85oRAlufAJ4vXtDPht/ZAku+jlzyQ7nGXOen+gCffjaF sqBNYcGdOE+8WLA7a0BZpkM= =SYwi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF0F56CA043E42E6359E57DA3--