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Re: Rename detection at git log

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ALAlexander Litvinov <litvinov2004@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 20, 2006, 11:33 UTC
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> What it means is that "git log" will look at path that matches
> b/a (that means b/a/c and b/a/d are looked at, if b/a were a
> directory).  Since path "a" which is what the file was
> originally at is not something the pattern b/a matches, there is
> no way b/a is noticed as a rename from a.

I have found that git blame show correct commits for this case. But I am still in trouble then examining file's history. I have found I can use git show -C -M commit-sha1 for commit there file was created to see if this was a rename :-)

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