Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
Why does --emu23 use I+H for stage 2, rather than just I? Wouldn't this
just reintroduce removed files?
They are not "removed files", at least in the original context.
The original intention was...
Gmane turns out to be better remembering things than my faulty
memory. The thread beginning here is a good summary of the
thinking behind the current design:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/4737