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Re: how to rewalk the commit list after rename detection

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 25, 2008, 19:04 UTC
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<20080625190404.GE4039@steel.home>
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Don Zickus, Mon, Jun 23, 2008 17:38:14 +0200:
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> I am trying to find a way to handle a situation where I am looking for a
> change in a particular file, but the filename is old and has since been
> renamed.
> 
> Processing the commit list internally (using init_revisions,
> setup_revisions, get_revision), I can easily find the rename of the file,
> but that is usually the start of the walk for that file (as it was just
> deleted for the rename).  I do not know how to re-walk the commits list
> armed with the new file name.
Try looking at git log --follow <name>
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