To find the thread, look for 177809 in the list archives from early 2008.
The patch foundered over the location of the code and [less so] the manner of the approach.
Just noting this here to help folk coming to work on it.
Personally, I'd be inclined to change bzr to plan the rename, create a tree transform of it, and apply it. That would allow tree transforms rollback etc logic to be used and perhaps shrink some duplicate code.
To find the thread, look for 177809 in the list archives from early 2008.
The patch foundered over the location of the code and [less so] the manner of the approach.
Just noting this here to help folk coming to work on it.
Personally, I'd be inclined to change bzr to plan the rename, create a tree transform of it, and apply it. That would allow tree transforms rollback etc logic to be used and perhaps shrink some duplicate code.