On Sat, Apr 22, 2023, at 20:01, Jeremy Morton wrote: > Could a command be added to git that means you tell Git that counts as > a file rename? Git would add a marker to the staging area that the > file has been renamed, and upon commit, would first generate an > additional commit for each rename before generating the main commit, > ensuring the rename operation counts as an actual rename, and the > content's history is maintained. I don’t see the (conceptual) problem with a modification of this as a history rewriting tool: • Given a series of commits: • Tool X modifies all the commits so that the default similarity index for tools like git-log(1) is triggered on intended file renames • The user will be probably be prompted with a list of initial potential renames and then will • Keep the intended renames • Remove the not-intended renames • Add the additional renames But this looks like something that a third-party tool could implement. -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk
