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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Unfortunately I don't have a ready link to the message, but there is a
> very good post from early on in Git's development where Linus explains
> why Git does not store rename and copy information in the history.

One of the most important message in the list archive, gmane:217 aka

http://public-inbox.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504150753440.7211@ppc970.osdl.org/