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Renaming a tracked folder or file does not warn or update git

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Description

### What Happened?

Renamed a tracked folder inside a git repository using the sidebar. The folder was renamed but git was not updated resulting in large numbers of untracked files.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a git repository
2. Rename of folder
3. Check git status

### Expected Behavior

Either git should be updated transparently so the files continue to be tracked or show a dialog warning and giving option to update git.

### OS Version

8.x (Circe)

### Session Type

Classic Session (X11, This is the default)

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

```shell

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### Hardware Info

_No response_

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