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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 1/2] bitmaps.md: Convert to rST; move it into
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Kashyap Chamarthy |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 1/2] bitmaps.md: Convert to rST; move it into 'interop' dir |
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Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:49:51 +0200 |
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 06:33:22AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/11/2017 02:58 AM, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
[...]
> >> A shame that git rename detection doesn't see these as the same rough
> >> contents, but not too bad.
> >
> > _Should_ it detect?
>
> It depends on the similarities between the file, and on whether you have
> 'git config diff.renames true' set (there are some other parameters you
> can set to fine-tune how much effort git expends on detecting file
> renames, but the defaults are usually good enough).
I see, noted.
[...]
> > Indeed -- the things you point out further below were already
> > pre-existing.
> >
> > Asking out of curiosity: You say it is nicer split because we'll retain
> > the `git-bisect`-ability? Or just to keep text motion and actual
> > changes separate? (I think both.)
>
> bisect-ability is important on code, but less so on docs. If you were
> doing code motion, I'd absolutely insist that cleanups be separate from
> the motion; but here I don't have a strong preference (separating the
> cleanups DOES make it easier to perform a backport of the cleanup
> without having to backport the rename, but backporting docs tends to be
> less of a priority than backporting code functionality).
Yep, fully agree with you, and I guessed as much. Given this
understanding, I'll just fix your feedback in this series.
Thanks.
--
/kashyap
[Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 2/2] live-block-ops.txt: Rename, rewrite, and improve it, Kashyap Chamarthy, 2017/07/10