From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:46:20 GMT
Subject: Re: What about git cp ?
Message-ID: <vpq63x5swsj.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <38b2ab8a0802031023y2ed7a5aax6d3c404b08757a4d@mail.gmail.com>

"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a something which could be done by a git-cp command.
>
> I'd like to copy a file with its history to a new  file but want to keep the old
> one,

Git doesn't _record_ copies and renames, but detects them
after-the-fact (either by default, or explicitly like "git blame -C"
or so).

So, just "cp + git add" and you're done. That's what a "git cp"
command would do if it existed.

-- 
Matthieu