From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:04:04 GMT
Subject: Re: how to rewalk the commit list after rename detection
Message-ID: <20080625190404.GE4039@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20080623153814.GD15773@redhat.com>

Don Zickus, Mon, Jun 23, 2008 17:38:14 +0200:
> 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>