Detection of relocations within a file

From: Tim Mazid <timmazid@hotmail.com>
Date: Aug 30, 2010, 15:04 UTC
Message-ID: <SNT124-W57C91CBC3A362218ACA23DC4890@phx.gbl>

Hi git-list,

I was just wondering if git can/does detect relocations of sections of code/text within a file.

For example, moving a function from the top of a file to the end.

If git does not currently do this, would it be a good/bad idea, and how hard would it be to implement?

Regards,
Tim.

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