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@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Directory rename detection
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Rename detection logic in diffcore-rename that checks for renames of
-individual files is aggregated and analyzed in merge-recursive for cases
-where combinations of renames indicate that a full directory has been
-renamed.
+individual files is also aggregated there and then analyzed in either
+merge-ort or merge-recursive for cases where combinations of renames
+indicate that a full directory has been renamed.
Scope of abilities
------------------
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ directory rename detection support in:
Folks have requested in the past that `git diff` detect directory
renames and somehow simplify its output. It is not clear whether this
would be desirable or how the output should be simplified, so this was
- simply not implemented. Further, to implement this, directory rename
- detection logic would need to move from merge-recursive to
- diffcore-rename.
+ simply not implemented. Also, while diffcore-rename has most of the
+ logic for detecting directory renames, some of the logic is still found
+ within merge-ort and merge-recursive. Fully supporting directory
+ rename detection in diffs would require copying or moving the remaining
+ bits of logic to the diff machinery.
* am