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Documentation/diff-config: fix description of diff.renames

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The description was misleading, since "set to any boolean value" include
"set to false", and diff.renames=false does not enable basic detection,
but actually disables it. Also, document that diff.renames only affects
Porcelain.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthieu Moy 2016-02-25 09:59:17 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ diff.renameLimit::
detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff.renames::
Tells Git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
"copy", it will detect copies, as well.
Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename
detection is enabled. If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will
detect copies, as well. Defaults to false. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and
linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as
linkgit:git-diff-files[1].
diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space