Hi,

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> 
> > ...
> > So yes, you very much ARE talking about CVS braindamage. The reason why
> >
> > 	git add file.c
> > 	echo New line >> file.c
> > 	git commit
> >
> > commits the _old_ content, is very much because git is ALL ABOUT THE 
> > CONTENT. It has _never_ been about filenames. And it _shouldn't_ be about 
> > filenames, because that would be BUGGY AND BROKEN.
> 
> I think this pretty much sums up and closes the current topic,
> by declaring "expecting to give behaviour consistent to the
> 'filename is what the user tells the SCM to track' mental model
> CVS instilled is a lost cause".

I think this is so important, that I vote for including this email as 
Documentation/howto/explain-why-git-is-better-than-cvs.txt

Ciao,
Dscho

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