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Is there a nice way to call git mv on a file from within magit? I know it's possible to run any git command with :, but this won't autocomplete filenames.
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git mv moves the file, updating the index to record the replaced file path, as well as updating any affected git submodules. Unlike a manual move, it also detects case-only renames that would not otherwise be detected as a change by git.
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I'm not sure offhand if there's a direct way, but...
Given that a mv is the same thing as a rm plus an add, you can just rename the file normally (e.g. in dired), and then stage both of the consequent changes -- a deleted file and a new file.
Git should figure it out.
Edit:
M-x vc-rename-file ?
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For reference at least in current verion of magit there is magit-file-rename which can be invoked by R.
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I use dired for this. C-x d when the file is open, then press ! on the file to run git mv ? newpath command with the file as the ? argument.
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