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From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 05/10] merge-strategies.txt: do not imply using copy detection is desired
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 05:28:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b1db5fdebe5529d9630129dc7ee5ab0eff6adf69.1628054936.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1059.v2.git.git.1628054935.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>

Stating that the recursive strategy "currently cannot make use of
detected copies" implies that this is a technical shortcoming of the
current algorithm.  I disagree with that.  I don't see how copies could
possibly be used in a sane fashion in a merge algorithm -- would we
propagate changes in one file on one side of history to each copy of
that file when merging?  That makes no sense to me.  I cannot think of
anything else that would make sense either.  Change the wording to
simply state that we ignore any copies.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/merge-strategies.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
index f100fad1e43..e2988124581 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ recursive::
 	causing mismerges by tests done on actual merge commits
 	taken from Linux 2.6 kernel development history.
 	Additionally this can detect and handle merges involving
-	renames, but currently cannot make use of detected
-	copies.  This is the default merge strategy when pulling
-	or merging one branch.
+	renames.  It does not make use of detected copies.  This
+	is the default merge strategy when pulling or merging one
+	branch.
 +
 The 'recursive' strategy can take the following options:
 
-- 
gitgitgadget


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-04  5:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-03 15:35 [PATCH 00/10] Documentation updates: merge-strategies Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 01/10] git-rebase.txt: correct antiquated claims about --rebase-merges Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 22:53   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 02/10] directory-rename-detection.txt: small updates due to merge-ort optimizations Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  0:06   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 03/10] Documentation: edit awkward references to `git merge-recursive` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  0:14   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-04  0:19     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 04/10] merge-strategies.txt: update wording for the resolve strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  0:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-04  0:37     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-04  2:01       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 05/10] merge-strategies.txt: do not imply using copy detection is desired Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 22:56   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-04  0:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 06/10] merge-strategies.txt: avoid giving special preference to patience algorithm Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 17:00   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 07/10] merge-strategies.txt: explain why no-renames might be useful Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  0:28   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-04  0:44     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-04  2:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 08/10] merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 23:01   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-03 23:32     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-04 21:42       ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 09/10] Documentation: add coverage of the `ort` merge strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 23:03   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-03 23:43     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-04  0:33   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-04  0:39     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-03 15:35 ` [PATCH 10/10] Update error message and code comment Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-03 23:05   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-03 23:49     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-03 23:06 ` [PATCH 00/10] Documentation updates: merge-strategies Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-04  5:28 ` [PATCH v2 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 01/10] git-rebase.txt: correct antiquated claims about --rebase-merges Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 02/10] directory-rename-detection.txt: small updates due to merge-ort optimizations Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 03/10] Documentation: edit awkward references to `git merge-recursive` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 04/10] merge-strategies.txt: update wording for the resolve strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 06/10] merge-strategies.txt: avoid giving special preference to patience algorithm Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 07/10] merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 08/10] git-rebase.txt: correct out-of-date and misleading text about renames Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 15:50     ` Ramsay Jones
2021-08-04 17:18       ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 09/10] merge-strategies.txt: add coverage of the `ort` merge strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 10/10] Update error message and code comment Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04  6:12   ` [PATCH v2 00/10] Documentation updates: merge-strategies Junio C Hamano
2021-08-04 14:56     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-04 21:47   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-04 23:50   ` [PATCH v3 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 01/10] git-rebase.txt: correct antiquated claims about --rebase-merges Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 02/10] directory-rename-detection.txt: small updates due to merge-ort optimizations Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 03/10] Documentation: edit awkward references to `git merge-recursive` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 04/10] merge-strategies.txt: update wording for the resolve strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 05/10] merge-strategies.txt: do not imply using copy detection is desired Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 06/10] merge-strategies.txt: avoid giving special preference to patience algorithm Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 07/10] merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 08/10] git-rebase.txt: correct out-of-date and misleading text about renames Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 09/10] merge-strategies.txt: add coverage of the `ort` merge strategy Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-08-04 23:50     ` [PATCH v3 10/10] Update error message and code comment Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget

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