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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: git apply vs. renamed files index mismatch
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:55:47 -0700
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Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> writes:

> ..rename and changes ideally go in separate patches.
>
> IIRC this also helps git to track renames (it can easily compare
> hashes instead of guessing).

It does not help much, and it is frowned upon (at least by well educated
users in git circle) because such a split patch hurts reviewability.