diff --git a/debian/local/gitconfig b/debian/local/gitconfig
index fc36466..487b18e 100644
--- a/debian/local/gitconfig
+++ b/debian/local/gitconfig
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 [core]
 	autocrlf = false
 	whitespace = blank-at-eof,blank-at-eol,cr-at-eol,indent-with-non-tab,space-before-tab
+
+[diff]
+	renames = copies