Andreas Ericsson [off-list ref] writes:
Just to cap off my own engagement in this discussion, here's the last
time rename detection was seriously discussed on the list:
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/0147.html
If you're going to implement something you might benefit from the
suggestions made there.
Also, today's #git log has some interesting material.
http://colabti.de/irclogger/irclogger_logs/git
For anybody who wants to discuss rename recording (not
tracking), the following is a must-read:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/217