Re: git log -M -- filename is not working?

From: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Date: May 7, 2010, 18:37 UTC
Message-ID: <19428.24021.324557.517627@winooski.ccs.neu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <z2r76c5b8581005071131q15524cb8td6711dbb9142b28e@mail.gmail.com>

On May  7, Eugene Sajine wrote:

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> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You want the --follow flag, too.
> 
> Thanks! I missed this guy. By the way it seems that --follow flag
> works without -M or -C.
> 
> Are those deprecated or I'm missing the difference between three of
> them??

BTW, I've had at least 4 people now who got confused by this. Is there any use for -M/-C without --follow? In any case, it will be very helpful if the -M/-C descriptions said "see also --follow".

Also, is there a way to set this as the default for `git log'?

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