When all of x/a, x/b, and x/c have moved to z/a, z/b, and z/c on one
branch, there is a question about whether x/d added on a different
branch should remain at x/d or appear at z/d when the two branches are
merged. There are different possible viewpoints here:
A) The file was placed at x/d; it's unrelated to the other files in
x/ so it doesn't matter that all the files from x/ moved to z/ on
one branch; x/d should still remain at x/d.
B) x/d is related to the other files in x/, and x/ was renamed to z/;
therefore x/d should be moved to z/d.
Since there was no ability to detect directory renames prior to
git-2.18, users experienced (A) regardless of context. Choice (B) was
implemented in git-2.18, with no option to go back to (A), and has been
in use since. However, one user reported that the merge results did not
match their expectations, making the change of default problematic,
especially since there was no notice printed when directory rename
detection moved files.
Note that there is also a third possibility here:
C) There are different answers depending on the context and content
that cannot be determined by git, so this is a conflict. Use a
higher stage in the index to record the conflict and notify the
user of the potential issue instead of silently selecting a
resolution for them.
Add an option for users to specify their preference for whether to use
directory rename detection, and default to (C). Even when directory
rename detection is on, add notice messages about files moved into new
directories.
As a sidenote, x/d did not have to be a new file here; it could have
already existed at some other path and been renamed to x/d, with
directory rename detection just renaming it again to z/d. Thus, it's
not just new files, but also a modification to all rename types (normal
renames, rename/add, rename/delete, rename/rename(1to1),
rename/rename(1to2), and rename/rename(2to1)).
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Split the overly large Documentation/config.txt file into million
little pieces. This potentially allows each individual piece
included into the manual page of the command it affects more easily.
* nd/config-split: (81 commits)
config.txt: remove config/dummy.txt
config.txt: move worktree.* to a separate file
config.txt: move web.* to a separate file
config.txt: move versionsort.* to a separate file
config.txt: move user.* to a separate file
config.txt: move url.* to a separate file
config.txt: move uploadpack.* to a separate file
config.txt: move uploadarchive.* to a separate file
config.txt: move transfer.* to a separate file
config.txt: move tag.* to a separate file
config.txt: move submodule.* to a separate file
config.txt: move stash.* to a separate file
config.txt: move status.* to a separate file
config.txt: move splitIndex.* to a separate file
config.txt: move showBranch.* to a separate file
config.txt: move sequencer.* to a separate file
config.txt: move sendemail-config.txt to config/
config.txt: move reset.* to a separate file
config.txt: move rerere.* to a separate file
config.txt: move repack.* to a separate file
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