[cyberax]

> I wish weekly for explicit renames.

You can do that in git. `git mv` stores a hint in the commit that a file has been moved.

You just don't _have_ to do it.

[pseudalopex]

> `git mv` stores a hint in the commit that a file has been moved.

No. It appears in git status but is not committed. And it disappears from git status if the file is modified enough.