[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Ongoing Comparison Between Version Control Systems

[Miles Bader]

Shlomi Fish <address@hidden> writes:
> > "File and Directories Copies"
> >
> > Arch doesn't do this because it's considered a bad idea. Trying to
> > merge across a one-to-many copy of this form would be insanely
> > complicated.
> 
> Fine. Regardless, it doesn't have this feature, which some people
> (including I) find useful.

I'm curious how you use this, and what advantages you see compared to
just copying the source file/dir.  Do you consider it just an efficiency
hack when copying something, or do you actually take advantage of the
nature of the copy somehow?

-Miles
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