diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 945e86b..0e2a290 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       # Run steps that make changes to the local repo here.
 
       # Commit all changed files back to the repository
-      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.4
+      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.5
         with:
           commit_message: "🤖 fmt"
           repo: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 Example showing all options:
 
 ```yaml
-      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.4
+      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.5
         with:
           commit_message: "🤖 fmt"
           repo: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index d13817a..6987f2d 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,31 @@ deletes=()
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' line; do
+  # Uncomment for debugging:
+  #echo "line: '$line'"
+
   # Extract the status in the tree and status in the index (first two characters)
   index_status="${line:0:1}"
   tree_status="${line:1:1}"
+
+  # Renamed files have status code 'R' and two filenames separated by NUL. We need to read
+  # an additional chunk (up to the next NUL) to get the new filename.
+  if [[ "$index_status" == "R" || "$tree_status" == "R" ]]; then
+    IFS= read -r -d $'\0' new_filename
+    filename="${line:3}"
+
+    echo "Renamed file detected:"
+    echo "Old Filename: $filename"
+    echo "New Filename: $new_filename"
+    echo "-----------------------------"
+    adds+=("$new_filename")
+    deletes+=("$filename")
+    continue
+  fi
+
   # Extract the filename by removing the first three characters (two statuses and a whitespace)
   filename="${line:3}"
+  echo "Filename: $filename"
 
   # Print the parsed information, useful for debugging
   echo "Index Status: $index_status"
@@ -34,8 +54,6 @@ while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' line; do
   # handle deletes (D):
   [[ "$tree_status" =~ D || "$index_status" =~ D ]] && deletes+=("$filename")
 
-  # TODO: handle renames (R) and copies (C). Example rename status line:
-  #   'R  main.sh -> main.sh.new'
 done < <(git status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- $FILE_PATTERN)
 
 if [[ "${#adds[@]}" -eq 0 && "${#deletes[@]}" -eq 0 && "$EMPTY" == "false" ]]; then
@@ -55,4 +73,4 @@ fi
 ghcommit_args+=("${adds[@]/#/--add=}")
 ghcommit_args+=("${deletes[@]/#/--delete=}")
 
-ghcommit "${ghcommit_args[@]}"
\ No newline at end of file
+ghcommit "${ghcommit_args[@]}"
diff --git a/tests/entrypoint.bats b/tests/entrypoint.bats
index 34c0b9d..9bfe41f 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoint.bats
+++ b/tests/entrypoint.bats
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ setup() {
   local empty='false'
   local file_pattern='.'
 
+  # NOTE: we are passing our hand-crafted fixture through `tr` to convert newlines to nulls since
+  # we run `git status -z` which uses null terminators. The newlines are meant to make the file easier
+  # to modify and prevent cat from removing the leading space on lines/entries since that is a part
+  # of the git status output.
   stub git \
     "config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE : echo stubbed" \
-    "status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- . : cat ./tests/fixtures/test-1 | tr '\n' '\0'"
+    "status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- . : cat ./tests/fixtures/git-status.out-1 | tr '\n' '\0'"
 
   stub ghcommit \
-    '-b main -r org/repo -m msg --add=README.md --add=foo.txt --delete=\""a path with spaces oh joy/file.txt\"" : echo Success'
+    '-b main -r org/repo -m msg --add=README.md --add=foo.txt --add=new.file --delete=old.file --delete=\""a path with spaces oh joy/file.txt\"" : echo Success'
 
   run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$empty" "$file_pattern"
   assert_success
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/test-1 b/tests/fixtures/git-status.out-1
similarity index 73%
rename from tests/fixtures/test-1
rename to tests/fixtures/git-status.out-1
index b78ef68..d61b1a9 100644
Binary files a/tests/fixtures/test-1 and b/tests/fixtures/git-status.out-1 differ