git status shows rename but it's incorrect

Question

I use Rails to develop. I have a controller named cpc_admin_controller.rb the full path is app/controllers/cpc_admin_controller.rb, and a helper na

Answer 1

As illustrated in this thread

Git doesn't care about individual files or renames, it tracks whole trees.
What it shows as a rename is just its best guess based on the contents of the two files.

Git status does perform rename detection using a heuristic.
But once you commit, you will see the two files are kept separate.