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Re: detecting rename->commit->modify->commit

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IDIttay Dror <ittayd@tikalk.com>
Date
May 1, 2008, 14:54 UTC
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Also, would anyone like to comment on: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/123 (Renaming is the killer app of distributed version control <http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/123>)?

Thank you, Ittay

Ittay Dror wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Say I have a file A, I rename to 'B', commit, then change file B and 
> commit. Does 'git diff -M HEAD^^..' detect that? From what I see now, 
> it will show 'B' as new (all of it with '+' prefix in the output). Am 
> I right?
>
> Thank you,
> Ittay
>
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  27. merge renamed files/directories? (was: Re: detecting rename->commit->modify->commit)Ittay Dror, May 3, 2008
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