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Trying to understand `git diff` and `git mv` rename detection mechanism

Git’s “similarity index” computation is not, as far as I know, documented anywhere other than in the source, starting with diffcore-delta.c. To compute the similarity index for two files S (source) and D (destination), Git: reads both files computes a hash table of all of the chunks of file S computes a second hash table … Read more

Handling file renames in Git

For git mv the manual page says The index is updated after successful completion, […] So, at first, you have to update the index on your own (by using git add mobile.css). However git status will still show two different files: $ git status # On branch master warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF … Read more

What’s the purpose of git-mv?

git mv oldname newname is just shorthand for: mv oldname newname git add newname git rm oldname i.e. it updates the index for both old and new paths automatically.