[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic

[Miles Bader]

Bruce Stephens <address@hidden> writes:
> > > [I'm not sure about BK's `renametool'; I _think_ it just gives you
> > > a menu of old/new files and relies on a human operator to tell it
> > > which files should be matched]
> >
> > Isn't that impossible?  That suggests a way in which arch and tools
> > built on top of arch are _ahead_ of BK.  But the self-proclaimed
> > leading expert in the field, LM, has assured us that arch is 3-5
> > years _behind_ BK.  Oh, it's all so confusing.
> 
> I presume humans only need to be involved when you're trying to import
> a new tarball or something (where BitKeeper can't know how files have
> been moved around).

The much more common case is applying a patch from a non-BK-using
developer (still the majority, I think) -- patches represent moved files
as a big delete plus a big add.

-Miles
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