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git history and file moves

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LMLin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2008, 02:02 UTC
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<1224640967.14280.0.camel@minggr.sh.intel.com>
I'm looking for a way to move files to a new directory and have the
full history follow the file automatically. Is this possible?

I know about --follow, but I want the history to just follow the file transparently. Also, we have a git web interface and we want the full history for the moved files to be available.

Thanks, Lin Ming

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