On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 01:44:00AM +0100, Eckhard Maass wrote: > Let me get a setup: > > $> git init . > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t2/.git/ > $> echo 'Lorem ipsum doler sed. Lorem ipsum doler sed. Lorem ipsum doler > sed. Lorem ipsum doler sed.' > a > $> git add a > $> git commit -m 'Init.' > [master (root-commit) b78205c] Init. > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > create mode 100644 a > $> mv a b > $> echo 'new' > a > $> git add -A . > $> git commit -m '2nd.' > [master a30ca49] 2nd. > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 b > > Now, I get the following: > > $> git log --oneline -B20%/80% -M20% --name-status > a30ca49 2nd. > M a > A b > b78205c Init. > A a > > But I would expect that git-log shows me a rename from a to b and a new a. I think the problem is that your test file is so tiny that it falls afoul of git's MINIMUM_BREAK_SIZE heuristic of 400 bytes (which prevents false positives on tiny files). Try replacing your "Lorem ipsum" echo with something like "seq 1 150", and I think you will find the result you are expecting. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html