From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 06:49:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Efficient parsing of `status -z` output
Message-ID: <20150309064939.GA30819@peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20150309061920.GB27128@peff.net>

On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 02:19:20AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> We don't turn on copy-detection in "git status" by default (only rename
> detection), and I think you are right that there is currently no way to
> turn it on manually.

Actually, I take it back. We do break-detection in git-status, which can
lead to finding a copy:

  $ git init
  $ seq 1 1000 >file && git add file && git commit -m base
  $ mv file other
  $ echo foo >file
  $ git add .
  $ git status --short
  M  file
  C  file -> other

-Peff