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         file from zanata.</p>
       </li>
 
-      <li><p>Post patches using <code>git send-email</code>, with git
-        rename detection enabled.  You need a one-time setup of:</p>
-<pre>
-  git config diff.renames true
-</pre>
+      <li><p>Post patches using <code>git send-email</code>.</p>
         <p>Also, for code motion patches, you may find that <code>git
         diff --patience</code> provides an easier-to-read patch.
         However, the usual workflow of libvirt developer is:</p>