The description was misleading, since "set to any boolean value" include "set to false", and diff.renames=false does not enable basic detection, but actually disables it. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/diff-config.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index 6eaa452..1acd203 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ diff.renameLimit:: detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. diff.renames:: - Tells Git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it - will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or - "copy", it will detect copies, as well. + Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", + rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename + detection is enable. If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will + detect copies, as well. Defaults to false. diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space -- 2.7.2.334.g35ed2ae.dirty -- 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