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Could git status know about -M ?

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OGOlivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 30, 2007, 00:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20070330000949.GB41089@dspnet.fr.eu.org>

Right now git status shows renames only if the deleted file is strictly identical to the added file. If you do an even minor modification (say, change a "" include to a <> one) it becomes a del/add pair which is way less readable. Easily fixable?

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  1. Olivier GalibertMar 30, 2007
  2. Jeff KingMar 30, 2007

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