Documentation/git-status: mention how to detect copies
The man page documents that git-status can find copies, but does not mention how. Whereas git-diff has command line options -C, there is no such option for git-status - it will only detect copies when the "status.renames" config option is "copies" or "copy". Document that in git-status.txt because this has confused me and others[1]. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/ppc2l9/how_to_get_a_file_with_copied_status/ Signed-off-by: Johannes Altmanninger <aclopte@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ show tracked paths:
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* 'A' = added
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* 'D' = deleted
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* 'R' = renamed
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-* 'C' = copied
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+* 'C' = copied (if config option status.renames is set to "copies")
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* 'U' = updated but unmerged
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