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

Hi Ian,

Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> 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).

Yep and this is one of the places where Bazaar shines - and SVN, too, 
for the matter, but SVN still can't forward changes.

Regards,
    Heiner