Sorry, I noticed something else I missed on my last reading... On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Ben Peart <Ben.Peart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c > index 8746c5e3e8..3be52cd316 100644 > --- a/builtin/merge.c > +++ b/builtin/merge.c > @@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ static void finish(struct commit *head_commit, > opts.output_format |= > DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY | DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT; > opts.detect_rename = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME; > + git_config_get_bool("merge.renames", &opts.detect_rename); > diff_setup_done(&opts); > diff_tree_oid(head, new_head, "", &opts); > diffcore_std(&opts); Shouldn't this also be turned off if either (a) merge.renames is unset and diff.renames is false, or (b) the user specifies -Xno-renames?