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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:29:23 +0200
From:      Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-git@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn primer translation to git
Message-ID:  <CBD55F87-CFC5-4B83-9B5C-1FCD6FD798E1@FreeBSD.org>
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On 26 Jun 2020, at 12:45, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 02:10:59PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
>>> On Jun 25, 2020, at 2:06 PM, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
>>>=20
>>> There's a time and place for many foot cannons, but there's no need =
to
>>> even mention them in our documentation unless it's completely =
essential.
>>> People can explore the infinite vastness of git options on their =
own.
>>=20
>> There ^
>>=20
>> Limit the primer to the usual work flow that committer should follow.
>>=20
>> Put unusual workflows to other documentation.
>>=20
>> Show me how to get the ports tree, make a change, check it in.
>>=20
>> Cover common things we used to do, and how to do them now.
>>=20
>> For example svn cp, when moving something in the ports tree
>> (say from one category to another).  What do we do with git?
>=20
> That is something we need to decide.
>=20
> git does not track copies and moves, it only tries to figure it out
> after the fact.
>=20

Indeed, and it can also show it in the UI, for example this commit by
jkim:

=
https://cgit-beta.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=3D135e722187e762111e66b94cb15=
9a4daabb9bd4c

It doesn't "see" that README was renamed to README.md and subsequently
modified, but it does follow the renames of a bunch of source files from
contrib/flex/ to contrib/flex/src/.

-Dimitry


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