From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B93211B3 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 21:54:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725904AbeLDVyB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2018 16:54:01 -0500 Received: from bsmtp7.bon.at ([213.33.87.19]:21088 "EHLO bsmtp7.bon.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725887AbeLDVyB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2018 16:54:01 -0500 Received: from dx.site (unknown [93.83.142.38]) by bsmtp7.bon.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 438bGt4rPWz5tlF; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 22:53:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dx.site (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D66D12DF; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 22:53:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [PATCH] rebase docs: fix incorrect format of the section Behavioral Differences To: Elijah Newren Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com References: <20181204212411.11572-1-newren@gmail.com> From: Johannes Sixt Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 22:53:58 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20181204212411.11572-1-newren@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Am 04.12.18 um 22:24 schrieb Elijah Newren: > +.... The am backend sometimes does not because it operates on > +"fake ancestors" that involve trees containing only the files modified > +in the patch. Without accurate tree information, directory rename > +detection cannot safely operate and is thus turned off in the am > +backend. Directory rename detection does not work sometimes. That is, it works most of the time. But how can that be the case when it is turned off? -- Hannes