The short answer is just “no”. But there is more to know; it just requires some background. (And as JDB suggests in a comment, I’ll mention why git mv exists as a convenience.) Slightly longer: you’re right that Git will diff files, but you may be wrong about when Git does these file-diffs. Git’s internal … Read more
git mv oldname newname is just shorthand for: mv oldname newname git add newname git rm oldname i.e. it updates the index for both old and new paths automatically.
For git mv the manual page says The index is updated after successful completion, […] So, at first, you have to update the index on your own (by using git add mobile.css). However git status will still show two different files: $ git status # On branch master warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF … Read more