git rename: get filename substitution list [duplicate]

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I renamed a lot of files in a git repository without moving them to another directory. Is it possible to get a "rename list" so that I can update the file where all those files get referenced?

Background: I have a docbook documentation and I have many images that I had to rename. Now I like to substitute in the docbook xml all old filenames with the newer ones.

Thanks

Answer 1

Thanks to hindol for the answer:

The stackoverflow answer was posted in this thread:

Using this information I was able to create a rename list and then after a little scripting in python I could rename the files in the working copy.