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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> I found another nitpick: file removal doesn't seem to generate a good 
> diff in "git-diff-tree --cc" (but it's correct in the new "raw" format 
> diff).
>
> Here's a test-case, in case you care.

Actually, I've known about the removals and have excuse in one
of the commits why it does not show them.

It is an excuse (the internal data structure is not really
suited to show removal diff), but I think what the excuse gives
as the official reasoning behind it sort of make sense from
usability point of view as well.