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From: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to fork a file (git cp ?)
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On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki
<piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, I don't understand why 'status' shows renames but not copies:
>
> $ cp f fcp && git add fcp && git status
> # Changes to be committed:
> # =A0 =A0 =A0 new file: =A0 fcp
>
> $ mv f fmv && git add fmv && git rm f && git status
> # Changes to be committed:
> # =A0 =A0 =A0 renamed: =A0 =A0f -> fmv
>
> I would expect sth like "copied: f -> fcp".
> Not sure what about one file copied to multiple files, but I suppose
> renames have the same problem.

I mean similar problem - you can delete one or more identical files and=
 add one
or more new files with the same content.


> It should not be a problem performance-wise...


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Piotr Krukowiecki