Right now git status shows renames only if the deleted file is strictly identical to the added file. If you do an even minor modification (say, change a "" include to a <> one) it becomes a del/add pair which is way less readable. Easily fixable?
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Jeff KingRe: Could git status know about -M ?
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:09:49AM +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> Right now git status shows renames only if the deleted file is > strictly identical to the added file. If you do an even minor > modification (say, change a "" include to a <> one) it becomes a > del/add pair which is way less readable. Easily fixable?
It uses the same rename detection as git-diff, which computes a similarity score. For example, try this:
$ git init $ head -n 1000 /usr/share/dict/words >foo $ git-add foo; git-commit -m 'added file' $ git-mv foo bar $ git-status ;# shows rename because files are identical $ echo changes >>bar; git-add bar $ git-status ;# still shows rename because files are similar $ echo rewrite >bar; git-add bar $ git-status ;# now files are too dissimilar to find rename
My guess is that your changes, even though they seem small, or preventing the rename detection from working. If you have a very small file, even a few changes can make the files too dissimilar.
-Peff