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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Not understanding with git wants to copy one file to another
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:41:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87shgx3khv.fsf@local.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAGZ79kZN1-DuiaS=bFgNUXBonAR3BHqtAFSqoJ+MJ4esMdmz-g@mail.gmail.com

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:


[...]

> Ah. Sorry for confusing even more.
> By pointing out the options for git-diff, I just wanted to point out that
> such a mechanism ("rename/copy detection") exists.


[...]

>> What am I missing?
>>
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/3ogkk1/beginner_disable_rename_detection/
>
> "Rename detection is just GUI sugar".

Thanks there is a nice full explanation at the cited url.

What is still a bit puzzling is that in that same commit, there are
files that are true copies of each other, just in different locations,
But nothing pops up about them in a git commit.



  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-11 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-10 17:03 Not understanding with git wants to copy one file to another Harry Putnam
2017-08-10 17:36 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-10 18:18   ` Harry Putnam
2017-08-10 18:47     ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-11 20:41       ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2017-08-14 18:07         ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-14 19:21           ` Junio C Hamano

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