The man page documents that git-status can find copies, but does not mention how. Whereas git-diff has command line options -C, there is no such option for git-status - it will only detect copies when the "status.renames" config option is "copies" or "copy". Document that in git-status.txt because this has confused me and others[1]. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/ppc2l9/how_to_get_a_file_with_copied_status/ Signed-off-by: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-status.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 255dc6af9b..8f959afa0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ show tracked paths: * 'A' = added * 'D' = deleted * 'R' = renamed -* 'C' = copied +* 'C' = copied (if config option status.renames is set to "copies") * 'U' = updated but unmerged .... -- 2.33.0.rc2.dirty
