Re: [boost] Dependency report

Subject: Re: [boost] Dependency report
From: Michel Morin (mimomorin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-28 00:38:53

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Michel Morin wrote:
>> After the move, the original file is split into the two files:
>> one contains the actual code and the other is for the backward
>> compatibility.
>> Did you transfer the history into only one of the two files?
>
>
> I moved the file as-is from the first repo to the other, as described here:
>
> https://svn.boost.org/trac10/wiki/NewLibByRefactor

Thanks for the link, I didn't know that such a page exists.

> Then, assuming the result is include/boost/utility/next_prior.hpp in repo
> iterator, I would rename it with `git mv` to
> include/boost/iterator/next_prior.hpp. This ought to retain history. I would
> then create the new forwarding file with the old name in a separate commit.

So `include/boost/iterator/next_prior.hpp ` retains history
and `include/boost/utility/next_prior.hpp ` is a new file.
That makes sense, thanks again.

Regards,
Michel