# Re: \[ANNOUNCE\] Example Cogito Addon - cogito-bundle

- From: Aaron Bentley \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:44 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7291941
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7291303/t/3.md

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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Git goes one step further: it _really_ doesn't matter about how you got to 
> a certain state. Absolutely _none_ of what the commits in between the 
> final stages and the common ancestor matter in the least. The only thing 
> that matters is what the states at the end-point are.

That's interesting, because I've always thought one of the strengths of
file-ids was that you only had to worry about end-points, not how you
got there.

How do you handle renames without looking at the history?

Aaron
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