Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) (Was: The name gnus-cloud.el)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:29:27 -0800
> 
> Nowadays, I would not consider doing nontrivial development on Emacs 
> without having a Git repository available. (This does not require an 
> Internet connection, just a copy of the repository; I commonly work this 
> way.) These days, serious hacking without the repository would be like 
> hacking without the ChangeLog files would have been in the old days. 
> It'd be like hacking with one arm tied behind one's back, and it's not 
> something that we need to cater to.

That's all very far from my everyday's experience.  Let's just agree
that ChangeLog files are useful for some of us.