{"thread":{"id":"44238","subject":"[BUG?] git log with --follow and --skip","startedAt":"2016-10-06T20:24:07Z","lastAt":"2016-10-06T20:24:07Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Christian Couder"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"303531","messageId":"CAP8UFD30HNTzF8grvPYjkafF6B=iw3R1t2S3swf4HUmPU5iuVQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"44238","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[BUG?] git log with --follow and --skip","fromName":"Christian Couder","fromEmail":"christian.couder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2016-10-06T20:24:01Z","receivedAt":"2016-10-06T20:24:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"christian.couder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/208954?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nAt GitLab, we are annoyed by the fact that `git log` doesn't seem to\nwork well when using it with both --follow and --skip.\n\nFor example:\n\n> git log --oneline -6 README.md\na299e3a README.md: format CLI commands with code syntax\nc9a014e README.md: don't take 'commandname' literally\na217f07 README.md: move down historical explanation about the name\n28513c4 README.md: don't call git stupid in the title\nd9b297d README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up\n6164972 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames\n\n> git log --skip 2 --oneline -6 README.md\na217f07 README.md: move down historical explanation about the name\n28513c4 README.md: don't call git stupid in the title\nd9b297d README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up\n6164972 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames\n4ad21f5 README: use markdown syntax\n\nThe above 2 commands seem to work well, but:\n\n> git log --follow --skip 2 --oneline -6 README.md\na299e3a README.md: format CLI commands with code syntax\nc9a014e README.md: don't take 'commandname' literally\na217f07 README.md: move down historical explanation about the name\n28513c4 README.md: don't call git stupid in the title\nd9b297d README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up\n6164972 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames\n\nSo with --follow it looks like the top 2 commits are not skipped any more.\n\nThanks,\nChristian.\n"}]}