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+A monk asked Joshu,
+"Has a dog Buddha nature?"
+Joshu replied, "Mu".
+
+The quick brown
+fox jumped over
+the lazy dog.
+
+Git only detects changes
+as moves if both files
+are mostly similar. So
+you need a lot of text.