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One of the great things about using an IDE for Java is the automated refactorings you get. The problem I'm having is that after using Refactor > Move to move a class into a different package (which moves the file itself in the filesystem), git status shows that the file in the old location has been deleted, and the one in the new location has been added.
The workaround I've found is clunky:
mv src/com/example/newpackage/Foo.java src/com/example/oldpackage/Foo.java
git mv src/com/example/oldpackage/Foo.java src/com/example/newpackage/Foo.java
Is there any way (when using the Git plugin for Eclipse) to have the refactoring do a git mv instead of a naive filesystem move?
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Git keeps track of changes to files in the working directory of a repository by their name. When you move or rename a file, Git doesn't see that a file was moved; it sees that there's a file with a new filename, and the file with the old filename was deleted (even if the contents remain the same).
Open one of your files, make a change, and you should see it appear in the Git Staging view in the Unstaged Changes window. Drag it into the Staged Changes area, add a commit message, and click Commit.
Use Ctrl+3 (or Cmd+3) and type Git Repositories in the dialog to open the Git repositories view. This view shows you the Git repositories you can work with in Eclipse and allows you to add existing repositories to Eclipse, create or clone repositories. It also allows you to perform Git operations.
Right-click your project in Project Explorer and select Team, Commit.... Stage your changes by dragging your files to the Staged Changes field, enter a commit message, then select Commit.
That's the way how Git works with renames/moves (delete old file and add new file). It then detects the contents of the file, and recognizes a rename based on an algorithm. So even it shows you delete and add, if you commit and then do a "git log --follow movedfilename", it should show you the whole history, even the history before the rename.
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