git-mv is a git command that is used to move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink. The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be committed.
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Some files are not considered as "renamed" when moving them on git
I've one folder with ~300 files and ~30 folders. I did cut the folder(Ctrl+X) and pasted(Ctrl+V) on the expected folder.
Then I only did a git add -A.
After doing a git status, I would say that 95% of the files are correctly considered as "renamed",…
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Are there any pitfalls when committing a file rename alone to keep history connected?
There are lots of questions on this site regarding the behavior of git mv and how to retrieve the history of a file across name boundaries. I understand that Git doesn't actually record the moving/renaming of a file, but I'm not entirely…
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mv or (git mv) multiple files, preserve extension
I have about 10 directories, each with contents that match this pattern:
x.js
x.d.ts
x.ts
and I want to rename these files to:
index.js
index.d.ts
index.ts
is there a mv or git mv command that I can use to rename the files?
something like:
git mv…
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merging branches after moving files to a different directory
I have two branches that I try to merge. In the original branch I have some files that in the 2nd branch where moved to a different location. the problem is that when I try to merge from the original branch, it doesn't apply the changes to the new…
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git equivalent for rename
In bash I can do find . -name jndi.properties -exec rename 's/jndi/environment/' {} \; to recursively find all jndi.propertie files and have them renamed to environment.properties.
But git status does not recognize the mv, it shows the deletion and…
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git ls-tree HEAD returns nothing and git mv returns not under version control
I am using GIT under windows with the GIT Bash tool and was trying to move a file from one directory to the another.
I tried different methods like clean, commit again etc. but everytime I got a reply while using git mv that the said file is not…
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How do you tell git that a delete and and add are really a move?
Most of the time, git can figure out when I've moved a file, but sometimes it can't. Is there a way to tell git, "trust me, this is a move?"
A key component of this is that I am using a tool to rename the file. It would be annoying to have to revert…
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Why does 'git mv' not move a file? How to make it act "normally"?
Please forgive my ignorance here... Here's the background: I created a TestScritps directory to organize test scripts. I moved three scripts from to /TestScripts. I moved one at a time and performed a local commit after each…
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