On: Moving and renaming files on GitHub

[dfrey]

How does this work? Is each rename a commit? That would really clutter up your history if for example you are trying to rename 10 .cc files to .cpp

[cobychapple → dfrey]

Yes. Each rename (and any updates to content that happen at the same time) is just a new commit on the branch you do the edit on. It should produce identical history to doing the same operation via the command-line :)

[masklinn → cobychapple]

On the command line, I can do multiple renames in a single commit/

[mtodd → masklinn]

If you want to do multiple renames in one commit then the command line is likely the best way.

[buttscicles → mtodd]

Alternatively use this feature and squash them later when you have access to a terminal.

[mineo → buttscicles]

In that case you'd need to either force the next push because squashing rewrites history or use a separate branch to do the renames in the first place.

[dbaupp → cobychapple]

I think dfrey means that you have 10 commits, rather than just one.