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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Subject: Re: A git-mv question
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:29:26 -0500 (EST)
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Ron Garret wrote:

> If I do a git-mv *and* edit the file all in one commit, does that get 
> recorded in a way that allows git to track the change through the 
> changed file name?  In other words, if I do just a git-mv (without 
> changing the file) git can track that by observing that two differently 
> named objects in two different commit trees contain the same blob.  But 
> if the file is edited then the blobs will be different.  Is git smart 
> enough to distinguish a git-mv and edit from, say, the equivalent git-rm 
> and git-add?  If so, how does it do it?

Please see:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitdiffcore.html


Nicolas