Re: rename sgml files?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: rename sgml files?
Date: 2018-02-16 20:47:21
Message-ID: 26291.1518814041@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2/12/18 16:19, Tom Lane wrote:
>> At that point, back-patching documentation fixes would become effectively
>> impossible except through manual intervention in the patching process.

> Are you not using git cherry-pick?

Yes, when it works, which it tends not to in cases that are even a little
bit complicated. I have zero faith that it works across a file rename,
and would not like to give up the option of using patch(1) instead. (See,
eg, recent discussions about the fragility of "git apply" vs "patch".)

regards, tom lane

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