Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-20 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 20.01.2017 o 01:26, Linus Torvalds pisze: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote: >> W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: >>> >>> You can do it in tig, but I suspect a more graphical tool might be better. >> >> Well, we do have "git gui

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-20 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Stefan, Às 10:03 PM de 1/19/2017, Stefan Beller escreveu: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto >>> wrote: I am

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote: > W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: >> >> You can do it in tig, but I suspect a more graphical tool might be better. > > Well, we do have "git gui blame". Does that actually work for people? Because it really

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Stefan Beller
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Joao Pinto wrote: > Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >>> >>> I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a >>>

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Às 7:16 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> >> I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a >> rename >> of a set of folders and files would be the perfect scenario for future >>

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 19.01.2017 o 19:39, Linus Torvalds pisze: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov > wrote: >> >> Still, I welcome you to read the sort-of "reference" post by Linus >> Torvalds [1] in which he explains the reasoning behind this approach >> implemented

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Linus, Às 6:39 PM de 1/19/2017, Linus Torvalds escreveu: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov > wrote: >> >> Still, I welcome you to read the sort-of "reference" post by Linus >> Torvalds [1] in which he explains the reasoning behind this approach >>

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > > I am currently facing some challenges in one of Linux subsystems where a > rename > of a set of folders and files would be the perfect scenario for future > development, but the suggestion is not accepted, not

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > > Still, I welcome you to read the sort-of "reference" post by Linus > Torvalds [1] in which he explains the reasoning behind this approach > implemented in Git. It's worth noting that that discussion was from

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi, Às 6:33 AM de 1/19/2017, Konstantin Khomoutov escreveu: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:40:52 + > Joao Pinto wrote: > > [...] >> I have seen a lot of Linux developers avoid this re-organization >> operations because they would lose the renamed file history, because >>

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-19 Thread Junio C Hamano
Konstantin Khomoutov writes: > Still, I welcome you to read the sort-of "reference" post by Linus > Torvalds [1] in which he explains the reasoning behind this approach > implemented in Git. IMO, understanding the reasoning behind the idea > is much better than just

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:40:52 + Joao Pinto wrote: [...] > I have seen a lot of Linux developers avoid this re-organization > operations because they would lose the renamed file history, because > a new log is created for the new file, even if it is a renamed > version

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Joao Pinto
Hi Stefan, Às 6:50 PM de 1/18/2017, Stefan Beller escreveu: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My name is Joao Pinto, I work at Synopsys and I am a frequent Linux Kernel >> contributor. >> >> Let me start by congratulate you for the

Re: Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Stefan Beller
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Joao Pinto, I work at Synopsys and I am a frequent Linux Kernel > contributor. > > Let me start by congratulate you for the fantastic work you have been doing > with > Git which is an excellent

Git: new feature suggestion

2017-01-18 Thread Joao Pinto
Hello, My name is Joao Pinto, I work at Synopsys and I am a frequent Linux Kernel contributor. Let me start by congratulate you for the fantastic work you have been doing with Git which is an excellent tool. The Linux Kernel as all systems needs to be improved and re-organized to be better