Re: Not understanding with git wants to copy one file to another

From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2017, 20:41 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZN1-DuiaS=bFgNUXBonAR3BHqtAFSqoJ+MJ4esMdmz-g@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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> Ah. Sorry for confusing even more.
> By pointing out the options for git-diff, I just wanted to point out that
> such a mechanism ("rename/copy detection") exists.

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>> What am I missing?
>>
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> https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/3ogkk1/beginner_disable_rename_detection/
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> "Rename detection is just GUI sugar".

Thanks there is a nice full explanation at the cited url.

What is still a bit puzzling is that in that same commit, there are files that are true copies of each other, just in different locations, But nothing pops up about them in a git commit.