bug? 'git log -M100' is different from 'git log -M100%'

From: Sitaram Chamarty <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:33

Hi,

When using -M with a number to act as a threshold for declaring
a change as being a rename, I found a... quirk.  Any 2-digit
number after the M will work, but if the number is 100, it will
require a % to be appended to be effective.

Here's a transcript that will demonstrate the problem when run
in an empty directory.

    # setup
    git init
    seq 1 100 > f1
    git add f1
    git commit -m f1
    git rm f1
    ( seq 1 45; seq 1001 1010; seq 56 100 ) > f2
    git add f2
    git commit -m f2

    # here's the buglet

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M
    # this tells you the files are 83% similar

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M82
    # this shows it like a rename

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M83
    # this also

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M84
    # this shows two separate files

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M99
    # this also

    # so far so good...

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M100
    # but this shows it like a rename

    git log -1 --stat --raw -M100%
    # adding a percent sign fixes it, now they're two separate
    # files.  It seems to be required only when you ask for 100%

-- 
Sitaram Chamarty
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