git rebase after changing files which the base branch has MOVED

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https://twitter.com/deafferret/status/373530616655917057

Mind. Blown.
Did you know when rebasing in git it even correctly patches files that were MOVED in the base branch? I...
Wow. 
<3 git

Here, let me show you:



➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test  git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/jhannah/tmp/test/.git/
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) echo 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > foo
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) ✗ git add foo
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) ✗ git commit -a -m 'added foo'
[master (root-commit) b9e7fb1] added foo
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 foo
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) git checkout -b mybranch
Switched to a new branch 'mybranch'
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) echo 'yyy' >> foo
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) ✗ git commit -a -m 'modified foo'
[mybranch 504ab80] modified foo
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) git mv foo bar
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) ✗ git commit -a -m 'moved foo to bar'
[master ff5d0e0] moved foo to bar
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 rename foo => bar (100%)
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(master) git checkout mybranch
Switched to branch 'mybranch'
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) ls
foo
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) cat foo
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
yyy
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) git rebase master
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Applying: modified foo
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
A  foo
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging bar
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) ls
bar
➜  Jay-Hannahs-iMac:test git:(mybranch) cat bar
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
yyy



ZOMG this is impressive when it Just Works in real life (complicated) code.
I thought for sure I was going to be in trouble when I attempted the real rebase
in this scenario. Nope. git Just Worked. Freaking magic!   :D