Re: Git log can not show history before rename

From: Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 30, 2009, 12:29 UTC
Message-ID: <1976ea660901300429i6d9b3594m91222314c284d184@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <adf1fd3d0901300329y53e46d91xda75799ce1244ddd@mail.gmail.com>

Does it conflict with --parents? When I use --follow and --parents together, parents can't rewrite. without --follow, parent can rewrite.

2009/1/30 Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net>:

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> 2009/1/30 Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>:
>> mkdir tt3
>> cd tt3
>> git init-db
>
> "git init"
>
>> touch a.c
>> git add a.c
>> git commit -a -m "test1"
>>
>> git mv a.c b.c
>> git commit -a -m "rename"
>>
>> modify b.c
>> git commit -a -m "test2"
>>
>> git log -C -M -- b.c
> [...]
>> I can't get history before rename.
>
> You asked to restrict the search to the b.c path.
>
> You want:
>
> git log --follow -- b.c
>
> Man git-log:
>       --follow
>           Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
>
> HTH,
> Santi
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