Problem with .gitkeep file and .env file after renaming folder

[rebot]

Gitbutler version: Version 0.14.8 (20250221.083849)

After renaming a folder, two files, .gitkeep and .env, are listed as "added" files in Gitbutler, while actually, they are removed.

See VSCode:

This causes some issues:

To give some context, both files are empty.

Haven't tried to replicate this in another project yet.

[rebot]

I was able to fix it by first adding some content to the files (to make them 'non-empty'), commit it, then delete them. Only then, Gitbutler recongnised that the files where deleted instead of added.

[Byron]

Thanks a lot for reporting!

I was able to reproduce it:

In the upcoming major release, this fortunately is fixed:

It's notable that rename-detection is deactivated for empty files on purpose so they don't appear renamed.
Hence, this will definitely be fixed in the next major release.