Eric Blake wrote: ... > This [change-set] LOOKS huge, but is really just a couple of 'git mv' > commands and a change to nodeinfotest.c. Scroll to the bottom for > the real change; I've shortened boring parts of this mail to get past > the 100k mail cap enforced by the list. If you set git diff's "renames" option, (i.e., globally): git config --global diff.renames true then "git diff", format-patch, etc. output is much more readable, i.e., it excludes the "remove-entire-file" then "add-same-contents" diff output. Instead it just prints something like this: diff --git a/old b/new similarity index 100% rename from old rename to new -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list