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27.0.91; Tutorial reports false positive key rebindings

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, mattiase <at> acm.org, 40725 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#40725: 27.0.91; Tutorial reports false positive key rebindings
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:32:35 -0400

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  > > The change history should record the rename.  Then a human who sees a reference
  > > to the old name can search for it and find out that the file was renamed.

  > Not all modern VCSes record renames.  Git doesn't.

If the change history won't do this automatically, the developers
should write it explicitly in some log entry.  That won't be hard.

Also, it is useful to insert a file's previous names in a comment near
the start of the file.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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