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Re: weird rename

From
FZFabian Zeindl <fabian.zeindl@gmail.com>
Date
May 31, 2011, 19:19 UTC
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On May 31, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Reece Dunn wrote:
> /dev/null is used to indicate "does not exist" 
yeah i know that :)
> Comparing /dev/null with A -- A is a new (added) file.
> Comparing A with /dev/null -- A is deleted.

ok, i deleted a similar sounding file (3.7M3 instead of 3.7M7), i just wonder why git got that as a rename. or the GUI (GitX) at least.

fabian
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