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Re: Rename C files to .c in GCC source
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: "Kevin Ingwersen (Ingwie Phoenix)" <ingwie2000 at googlemail dot com>
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, Jonny Grant <jg at jguk dot org>, Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>, GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 04:28:39 +0000
- Subject: Re: Rename C files to .c in GCC source
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On 4 February 2015 at 00:22, Kevin Ingwersen (Ingwie Phoenix) wrote:
> How many hacks/workarounds can be avoided?
How many new hacks/workaround will be needed for exploring the files'
version control history, even with a VCS that supports renaming?
Renaming the files has downsides as well as upsides.