[PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation/git-status: mention how to detect copies

From: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 4, 2021, 19:00 UTC
Message-ID: <20211004190050.921109-4-aclopte@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20211004190050.921109-1-aclopte@gmail.com>

The man page documents that git-status can find copies, but does not mention how. Whereas git-diff has command line options -C, there is no such option for git-status - it will only detect copies when the "status.renames" config option is "copies" or "copy". Document that in git-status.txt because this has confused me and others[1].

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/ppc2l9/how_to_get_a_file_with_copied_status/

Signed-off-by: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/git-status.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 255dc6af9b..8f959afa0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ show tracked paths:
 * 'A' = added
 * 'D' = deleted
 * 'R' = renamed
-* 'C' = copied
+* 'C' = copied (if config option status.renames is set to "copies")
 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
 
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