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git log --follow --parents can't rewrite history

From
Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 30, 2009, 13:16 UTC
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<1976ea660901300516x75205c6cifb32ca67c866768a@mail.gmail.com>
use git.git repository.
git log --pretty=format:Commit:%H%nParent:%P%n%n --parents  -- alloc.c

Commit:100c5f3b0b27ec6617de1a785c4ff481e92636c1 Parent:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3

Commit:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3 Parent:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779

Commit:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779 Parent:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de

Commit:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de Parent:

Parent will be rewritten correctly.

But When I add --follow, it will be git log --pretty=format:Commit:%H%nParent:%P%n%n --parents --follow -- alloc.c

Commit:100c5f3b0b27ec6617de1a785c4ff481e92636c1 Parent:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3

Commit:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3 Parent:f948792990f82a35bf0c98510e7511ef8acb9cd3

Commit:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779 Parent:446c6faec69f7ac521b8b9fc2b1874731729032f

Commit:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de Parent:64e86c57867593ba0ee77a7b0ff0eb8e9d4d8ed5

parent will be not rewritten.
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  1. Frank LiJan 30, 2009

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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