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Re: git log --follow doesn't follow a rename over a merge

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 16, 2011, 17:34 UTC
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 02:31:02PM +0100, James Blackburn wrote:
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> I'm also interested in knowing what incantation I need to give to
> actually get history of the file which was previously removed.  e.g. I
> know the full path:
>    plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/service/IBreakpoints.java
> used to exist, but without --follow, git log returns nothing.
Doesn't:
  git log -- plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/service/IBreakpoints.java
do that?
-Peff
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