[PATCH v1 1/2] merge: Add merge.renames config setting

[Ben Peart <Ben.Peart@microsoft.com>]

Add the ability to control rename detection for merge via a config setting.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
---
 Documentation/merge-config.txt | 5 +++++
 merge-recursive.c              | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 12b6bbf591..656f909eb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ merge.renameLimit::
 	during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
 	diff.renameLimit.
 
+merge.renames::
+	Whether and how Git detects renames.  If set to "false",
+	rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename
+	detection is enabled. This is the default.
+
 merge.renormalize::
 	Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
 	repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 9c05eb7f70..cd5367e890 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3256,6 +3256,7 @@ static void merge_recursive_config(struct merge_options *o)
 	git_config_get_int("merge.verbosity", &o->verbosity);
 	git_config_get_int("diff.renamelimit", &o->diff_rename_limit);
 	git_config_get_int("merge.renamelimit", &o->merge_rename_limit);
+	git_config_get_bool("merge.renames", &o->detect_rename);
 	git_config(git_xmerge_config, NULL);
 }
 
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