It has been enabled by default for over three years now:
commit 5d2a30d7d8777319c745804f040fa405d02169ce
Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster(a)pobox.com>
CommitDate: 2016-04-03 10:29:22 -0700
Merge branch 'mm/diff-renames-default'
https://github.com/git/git/commit/5d2a30d7d8777319c745804f040fa405d02169ce
Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com>
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file from zanata.</p>
</li>
- <li><p>Post patches using <code>git send-email</code>, with
git
- rename detection enabled. You need a one-time setup of:</p>
-<pre>
- git config diff.renames true
-</pre>
+ <li><p>Post patches using <code>git
send-email</code>.</p>
<p>Also, for code motion patches, you may find that <code>git
diff --patience</code> provides an easier-to-read patch.
However, the usual workflow of libvirt developer is:</p>
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