a question about file renaming

[Manlio Perillo]

Christian Boos ha scritto:
> Peter Arrenbrecht wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Manlio Perillo
>> <manlio.perillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I have a small question about this use case:
>>>
>>> 1) Create a file named 'x' with content "x", add to repository and
>>>    commit
>>> 2) Rename file 'x' to 'y', create and add to repository a new file 'x'
>>>    with content "new x", commit
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this fully supported?
>>>     
> [...]
> 
> I'm under the impression that the original poster meant that the above 
> diff was actually wrong, and that re-adding a file which has been 
> ''renamed'' (as opposed to copied) should show as an add, not a as a 
> modification (he said "add to repository a new file 'x'").
> 

Right.

> [...]
 >
> i.e. hg thinks that x's removal has been cancelled by the add.
> So you're actually turning a rename into a copy.
> 
> This behavior seems perfectly right to me. If one wants a real rename 
> followed by an add, this should be done in two separate commits. 


I'm not sure if this the right behaviour.

However, before posting this message, I have exactly used two separate 
commits to avoid problems (but I don't like).


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Thanks  Manlio Perillo