al-Git-installation"></a>
<h2 class="section"><a href="git-howto.html#toc-Personal-Git-installation">3.1 Personal Git installation</a></h2>

<p>Add the following to your &lsquo;<tt>~/.gitconfig</tt>&rsquo; to help <code>git send-email</code>
and <code>git format-patch</code> detect renames:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">[diff]
        renames = copy
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<h2 class="section"><a href="git-howto.html#toc-Repository-configuration">3.2 Repository