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Gerhard,
>>> - Merging of renamed/relocated files to reflect the new name/location in
>>> the merge
>>
>> This is from your previous post. I'd like to see some market assessment
>> as well as user assessment before going much further - I think you were
>> checking up on Perforce right?
>
> I've already stated that I can't see this not making sense; after all, not
> merging the renames is guaranteed to break any standard build system, so
> in
> most cases this would have to be done manually if it isn't automated. I
> can't see how this fits into what I understand of your "safe use" policy
> towards repositories and merges.
It's been a very long time since I've needed to modify a makefile because a
file changed it's name or a file was added. There is syntax to look for all
*.c files (or whatever) and loop cc -c {filename} or whatever.
Yes I can see that if you merge a change in a makefile that changes the
filename from fred.c to fred.cpp and the same merge doesn't change the
filename then you have a problem - but the problem is in the build system
not the CM system. Yes I do believe we need a better open source build
system - there is no equivalent for things like 'clearmake' in the FOSS
world and there should be.
Regards,
Arthur