Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control?

Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by phyzome on Sunday December 10, 2023 @04:12PM (#38595101)

Absolutely. In a move-and-edit situation, git will sometimes infer a rename and sometimes not, based on your local version of git, your settings, and the details of the edit. If inference fails, you may have a harder time resolving merge conflicts, performing cherry-picks, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by trevyn on Friday December 15, 2023 @04:38AM (#38652538)

So just make sure the moves and edits are in separate commits?

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Re:Ask HN: Can we do better than Git for version control? by phyzome on Sunday December 17, 2023 @08:38AM (#38672754)

Yes, that's the standard workaround.

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