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hg move $thing. I’m bummed git “won”
by irishcoffee 6y ago
hg move $thing. I’m bummed git “won”
- filleduchaos 6y ago`git mv` also exists.
- jrockway 6y agoI think you can find edge cases in either tool where the data exists to make something work, but the data model doesn't allow it. Consider a file like "package foobar; func DoFoo() { ... }; func DoBar() { ... }". You then refactor that to two packages, "package foo; func Do() { ... }" "package bar; func Do() { ... }". The body of foobar.DoFoo is identical to foo.Do, but no version control system I've ever used will move the history of that function body to the new location. I guess what I'm saying that tracking renames as a first-class object is nice, but it still doesn't represent many types of refactorings. To smugly declare perfection, a version control system should probably have that feature, because it is a relatively common refactoring.
- irishcoffee 6y agoOf course a tool that tracks the history of file changes doesn’t do your example. That’s not an edge case, it’s a flawed argument contrived to try and make a point, albeit poorly.