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

It happens to me, when I move and edit the file, it will no longer recognize it as moving file but a new one, so I lost history.

What I do it is to create 2 separated commits, one when I move the file, and then another editing the file. In this way I keep the history.