Kevin Daudt <me@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Note that git does not store that files are renamed. So a remove + add > is the same as a rename in git. Only git status shows it when you for > example use git mv directly, but this information is lost on commit. Are you sure about the last sentence? I do not recall teaching anything special to "git status". If "git status" says A was created by renaming B, and if you committed that state was-is, "git show" on the result commit _should_ say the same thing, I would think. > Instead of storing it get relies on detecting what (parts of ) files got > renamed, copied etc. That statement I belieave is true.