Re: git patch format for rename

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Nadya.Zabrodina@jetbrains.com
[off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,

could you please explain to me why  ‘rename from & rename to’ information is added to git patch?
Is there any reason why git can’t recognize and apply rename-change which looks like this:

    diff --git a/before.txt b/after.txt
    --- a/before.txt
    +++ b/after.txt

See https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
for the status quo. I think most of it grew over time and made sense
at the time of implementation,
so the alternatives were maybe considered, you'd need to look for the
old discussions around
the diff format.

I’m implementing a program (with an IDE) to create patches compatible with Git and want to have better understanding of the format and possible issues with it.

Thanks a lot in advance.


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