Re: Basename matching during rename/copy detection

Andy Parkins [off-list ref] writes:

On Thursday 2007 June 21, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

Having many "identical files" in the preimage is just stupid to
begin with (if you know they are identical, why are you storing
copies, instead of your build procedure to reuse the same file),
so the algorithm did not bother finding a better match among
"equals".

That's a really poor argument; it's not git's place to impose restrictions on 
what is stored in it.

It's not even an argument, nor an attempt to justify it.  It was
just an explanation of historical fact "It did not bother".
Please re-read the final part of the message, which you omitted
from your quote.