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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: 100% (was: [PATCH] diffcore-rename: favour identical basenames)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:49:02 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, David Kastrup wrote:

> As a note aside: would it be possible to always round downwards when 
> computing similarities or converting between them?

I'd rather not. This would be counterintuitive. People expect rounded 
values.

> I very much would like to see the 100% figure reserved for identity.
> This is particularly relevant when interpreting the output of git-diff
> --name-status with regard to R100, C100 and similar flags.

You should never depend on the output of --name-status if you're 
interested in identifying identical files, but on the object names.

Ciao,
Dscho