Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] FEATURE PLANS: selection by ID

[Aaron Bentley]

Tom Lord wrote:

> For example, suppose that we have the rule:
>
>         (b ("./include" (id "i_x_header_file")))
>
> Suppose that in the tree we're looking at, the file with the id
> "i_x_header_file" is at the path:  "./include/X11/basic/x.h".
> Then the rule is rewritten:
>
>         (b ("./include" "X11/basic/x.h"))
>
> and is therefore equivalent to:
>
>         (b "./include/X11/basic/x.h)

I don't understand why you'd translate the ID into a filename.  Wouldn't 
it be better to operate on IDs?  Since IDs are preserved across renames, 
you wouldn't have to worry about trying to commit half a rename.

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
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