Re: The name gnus-cloud.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 19:12:52 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> Annotate, ie. 'C-x v g' will show changes from across the rename
> >
> > It does?  That's not what I see, e.g., with doc/lispref/display.texi:
> > it never shows anything before 2007-09-06, when the file was moved.
> > What am I missing?
> 
> Most likely, the migration tool didn't bother to perform a `git mv
> <from> <to>' and did the equivalent of `cp <from> <to>; git rm <from>;
> git add <to>' instead.

I don't understand why this is relevant: since Git doesn't record
renames, but instead "deduces" them by comparing contents, why should
it matter how the file was moved?