Getting Git to Acknowledge Previously Moved Files

Question

I\'ve moved a bunch of files around manually without thinking, and can\'t find a way to get git to recognize that the files are just moved and not actually different files.

Answer 1

I think it already does this. Now, I could be wrong, but I've read that git tracks files based on their contents not based on their position in the file system or based on delta/differences. In the stack I think it shows it as if the files are being removed and the then re-added, but I think I've tried this once and it still maintained the history, due to the aforementioned way that git tracks things.

Still would be helpful for someone to verify if I'm correct or not. Sorry if I misunderstood your question.