From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> 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. Also, document that diff.renames only affects Porcelain. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/diff-config.txt | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index 6eaa452..cf4a915 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ 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 enabled. If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will + detect copies, as well. Defaults to false. Note that this + affects only 'git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and + linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as + linkgit:git-diff-files[1]. diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space -- 2.8.0-246-g1783343 -- 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