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Re: How to git diff files in renamed directories

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 15, 2012, 20:49 UTC
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Patrick Sabin <patrick.just4fun@gmail.com> writes:
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> I want to diff a renamed file (to a different directory) in different commits.
>
> File a was moved to the file subdir/c
>
> I tried:
>
> $ git diff b616d 0aa0 -- subdir/c a
Does
    $ git diff -M b616d 0aa0 -- subdir/c a
match them up?
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