Converting file (tracked with Git) from Java to Kotlin in Android Studio

Question

A conversion from Java to Kotlin in Android Studio 2.3.2 (in 3.0 the same behaviour) creates a new file and deletes previous. So Git doesn\'t know anything about this conversion

Answer 1

In case this might help a future reader:

If you use the Git commit dialog integrated with IntelliJ (Commit via Ctrl+K), there is a checkbox on the right in recent versions: ☑ Extra commit for .java > .kt renames

Submitting the dialog this way will create two commits, the first one being just .java files renamed into .kt files with no content changes. This helps Git track the content.