From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-05.mail-europe.com (mail-05.mail-europe.com [85.9.206.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79459248871 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2025 11:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=85.9.206.169 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1754394474; cv=none; b=kPT65zfjn+yEla0nXV1BgFnOFR6OKR09Bd0fY3ydfs4V6YAXrxiGla7qahpPqSEh44oyPHLvCAxPbUeqqeLnAjlO3xn5xvpbX3s1GaT8Or92Q+v24aIpPKLKEO+n9to0OKnxcCsrA0aBY03E2oeO9oymJxUgnFFPOwxf6mrADo8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1754394474; c=relaxed/simple; bh=8yCv5oUny16XtMuh5lxle5ZqvvVls23usqklEpYDZJU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=PRLngFpFtv2C24dItetq477C9JJjQUnArmJOC6tUbcC2Y+WWHzo9dp8aikaEMtWafK3KBOJAvY7XWtREBKDzQWL9gOWjSGmLpq2R1ykbM8qQ2dodbjXG5BUoGmNEdy9G7Prz6OejWazVm7P6C87MsvvdfOJpv8Lsh750P0rDX3A= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=fmorschel.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=fmorschel.dev; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=fmorschel.dev header.i=@fmorschel.dev header.b=pgbm17wi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=85.9.206.169 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=fmorschel.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=fmorschel.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=fmorschel.dev header.i=@fmorschel.dev header.b="pgbm17wi" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fmorschel.dev; s=protonmail2; t=1754394456; x=1754653656; bh=0RY7rV4AGxj7p9gts3qzv24JLisHQmb4N7Nrzi6Z6iY=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=pgbm17wi1KRnfZvhMI3H7LG/YzFUNfOwmGpFcS+Ean/RASaw6rnJ8dpUKkLVmJ553 u/+jH6v4S7Zr6+clbm8BLbSV9jmIoMJAtS3nczzis9VLSA6C++8TaZFi1p3SCbwzAl XYKlDeJ099pe/tTFT+G0WZrnMGiStYeW52Cu4Heu1PSxLv/uSnof+SVj8At85s6z12 JjqYlCsfMTkvmO9RXfC8opTgLLu8ej5vR+azEhlVHLpOkpCLsjX/WBN40vXxPILWIg HCrgQcXu7psq5c8vATLVIQ21OGAG30SBTFboaVk+XOI/CXz5dM+7cc92oqX7Un2nAt LoCXb8ScxOLcw== Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:47:31 +0000 To: git@vger.kernel.org From: FMorschel Cc: j6t@kdbg.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk , kostix@bswap.ru Subject: Re: Feature Request: git mv --after (new flag) Message-ID: <09e2fb55-2f04-44db-a062-fa6c2c01c8eb@fmorschel.dev> In-Reply-To: References: <1fa7a8d8-3ae5-4913-b3b5-21d8f67e567d@fmorschel.dev> <0afc01b2-11a2-4f77-a858-7a444e8bb1d4@fmorschel.dev> <2f505f75-112a-4b71-bb05-ea0cb7731cd7@fmorschel.dev> <917aa62f-5f2a-40d7-8fa5-f19a14926241@fmorschel.dev> Feedback-ID: 127627349:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 44343f1e818b6ef3a465c546776841f32b11ed3c Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > On 05/08/2025 06:36, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: >> FMorschel, when reading, consider paying close attention to the two thin= gs: >> >> - What Linus says about much of the code coming in in the form of the >> textual patches mailed to the various mailing lists. > > > I see that now, thanks for the link and for pointing it out. > >> - An example describing a commit which has unified 5 different code sn= ippets >> into one. >> >> Basically, these bits highlight the fact that files, albeit useful and >> ubiquitous on today's commodity operating systems, frame our way of thin= king >> of how information is tracked a bit too much ;-) > > I never had thought of that. > > My only push-back against this decision would be to allow the=20 > developer (that actually _understands_ the changes) the ability to=20 > make the decision of tracking that. > > But since the decision (of what is related to what) is that this=20 > should mainly be handled by the threshold (so git can figure it out=20 > for you) it's fine then. > > Thank you all for taking the time to answer me! >