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Re: How should files be moved in the glibc repository

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> On Nov 28 2016, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
>>> Doing `git config --global diff.renames true` might sort this out.
>>
>> That doesn't change the semantics of the output.  With or without this
>> setting, git apply will do the same thing.  In git terms, renaming a
>> file is strictly the same as removing it under the old name and adding
>> it under the new name.
>
> I meant it might make `git diff` behave the same as `git diff HEAD`.

Andreas is correct -- i don't think it has any bearing on it

also, the man page says the default is "true" :)
-mike
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