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Changes from renamed files are ignored #6014

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Files can simultaneously be renamed and changed, but GitHub Desktop ignores content changes from renamed files.

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  • GitHub Desktop: 1.4.3
  • Operating system: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Commit a file with 100 lines.
  2. Rename the file.
  3. Change a single line on the file.
  4. git add the file and see what GitHub Desktop says.

Expected Behavior

GitHub Desktop should show content changes, as VSCode does:

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Actual Behavior

It ignores any content change.

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