rename - delete - create -- git ...

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Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/balou/workspace/sandbox/.git/
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ vim a
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ cat a
aaaaa

Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git add a
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
#
#  new file:   a
#

Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git commit -am 'Add a'
[master (root-commit) c636156] Add a
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 a

Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git rm a
rm 'a'

Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ vim b
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ cat b
aaaaa
b

Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git add b
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ ls
b
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#	renamed:    a -> b
#
Vincents-MacBook-Pro:sandbox balou$ git commit -am 'Deleted a and created b with similar content'
[master add9d5a] Deleted a and created b with similar content
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 rename a => b (75%)