From philip.race at oracle.com Thu Dec 13 20:52:54 2018 From: philip.race at oracle.com (Phil Race) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:52:54 -0800 Subject: github does not support following history of file before a rename. Message-ID: <14e7363a-848e-dd30-875f-dde28eac431f@oracle.com> When considering options for skara (eg githib vs gitlab), I found that github does not provide a way to see the history of a file before a rename I wasn't browsing anything to do with JDK on github, I was looking at another library that we use and this isn't the first time I'd failed to find a way to see the history before a rename. This time rather than assuming I was missing something, I did a search and it turns out it is a much requested but unimplemented feature, even though git + gitlab support it : https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/900 Given the number of renames we've done of JDK files I think this would be highly desirable to ask to finally be implemented if we go for github -phil. PS Seems this mailing list is very light ... I wasn't very sure if I had subscribed, although my recollection was that I had at the outset .. From martijnverburg at gmail.com Fri Dec 14 08:02:47 2018 From: martijnverburg at gmail.com (Martijn Verburg) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:02:47 +0000 Subject: github does not support following history of file before a rename. In-Reply-To: <14e7363a-848e-dd30-875f-dde28eac431f@oracle.com> References: <14e7363a-848e-dd30-875f-dde28eac431f@oracle.com> Message-ID: If this group doesn?t already have some high level contacts in GitHub then let me know - I?ll see if I can get it prioritised. Cheers, Martijn On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 20:53, Phil Race wrote: > When considering options for skara (eg githib vs gitlab), I found that > github > does not provide a way to see the history of a file before a rename > > I wasn't browsing anything to do with JDK on github, I was looking at > another library that we use and this isn't the first time I'd failed to > find > a way to see the history before a rename. This time rather than assuming > I was missing something, I did a search and it turns out it is a much > requested but unimplemented feature, even though git + gitlab support it : > > https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/900 > > Given the number of renames we've done of JDK files I think this would > be highly desirable to ask to finally be implemented if we go for github > > -phil. > > PS Seems this mailing list is very light ... I wasn't very sure if I had > subscribed, > although my recollection was that I had at the outset .. > > -- Cheers, Martijn (Sent from Gmail Mobile)