Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] faster inexact rename handling

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Jeff King wrote:

quoted

  - no improvement on smaller datasets. Running "git-whatchanged -M
    --raw -l0" on the linux-2.6 repo takes about the same time with the
    old and new code (presumably the algorithmic savings of the new code
    are lost in a higher constant factor, so when n is small, it is a
    wash).

Have you compared the results? IOW, does it find the *same* renames?

I'm a bit worried about the fact that you just pick a single (arbitrary) 
src/dst per fingerprint. Yes, it should be limited, but that seems to be a 
bit too *extremely* limited. But if it gives the same results in practice, 
maybe nobody cares?

If it always gives the same results in practice, obviously
nobody can even notice.

However, merging this series to 'pu' breaks rebase-merge test
t3402 among other things.