Re: Warn recent changes in files being deleted: does it make sense?

Jens-Heiner Rechtien wrote:

> Sure, but there is no need to rely on heuristics where none is needed.

Heuristics are good enough in many cases. Metadata + heuristics is
better though.

> Back to the original use case which triggered this thread. If you do
> rename of a Java class in an IDE then not only the file name will be
> changed but also quite a number of places inside the file.

> Relying here on heuristics, is asking for trouble, I think. The IDE
> should simply issue a SCM rename operation IMHO.
> 
> Be explicit where possible.

And if you rename a Java package, it's nice if your VCS can capture that
too (by recording a directory rename).

Ian C.