warning about divergent renames

[Faheem Mitha]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:52:39 -0500, Augie Fackler <durin42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 9, 2010, at 3:37 AM, Sune Foldager wrote:
>
>> On 09-09-2010 09:58, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm seeing some people complain about the warning about divergent
>>> renames that we have in there. I recently encountered this myself, and
>>> I think in most cases there's not really anything you should do when
>>> the warning occurs, meaning it's needlessly alarming for most people.
>>> Can we further restrict it to cases where it actually matters?

>> It happens when you copy a file to two different destinations, for
>> instance. Doesn't even have to be a merge involved.

> But why does it matter? I've not seen anything that is actually
> *dangerous* about this, so it's just a warning with no actual harm
> AFAICT.

A warning suggests one has done something, or at any rate it is likely
one has done something wrong, imo. Copying a file to two places is
just normal usage. So, I agree that in most cases the warning occurs,
it is spurious, and should be removed if possible.

                                                               Faheem.