Subject: Re: git apply vs. renamed files index mismatch

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:55:47 -0700

Anton Vorontsov <[email-masked]> writes:

> ..rename and changes ideally go in separate patches.
>
> IIRC this also helps git to track renames (it can easily compare
> hashes instead of guessing).

It does not help much, and it is frowned upon (at least by well educated
users in git circle) because such a split patch hurts reviewability.