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

[Tupshin Harper]

Tom Lord wrote:

>    > From: Tupshin Harper <address@hidden>
>
>    > >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.
>    > >
>
>    > What about thinking thinking about the entire problem in terms of the 
>    > general case where code moves from one file to another (while being 
>    > modified as well), with wholesale file moves being a special case of that?
>
>
> Good luck.   (You've now edged into an area of "fundamental research"
> and one that, given the choice, I wouldn't fund (since positive
> results are unlikely).)
>
> The lynch-pin here:  you said "code moves" -- what's "code" from the
> tool's perspective? 
>
> -t
>
>  
Agreed that this is research, but it does have interesting 
possibilities. First of all, I should have referred to partial file 
content move instead of code move. So if you have any pairings of 
content deletes and similar content adds, then detect, and (with or 
without human intervention), record that pair of deletes and adds as a 
single "content move".

Not necessarily much more complicated than the wholesale file move case, 
and adds the ability to capture the intent behind many refactoring 
operations.

-Tupshin