From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:52:30 GMT
Subject: Re: log: option "--follow" not the default for a single file?
Message-ID: <20111201185230.GB2873@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMOJGm1frOi7FEke7LfHCSBt2DRn_npkdKe0m3qZ=hQPNHw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 07:38:23PM +0100, Ralf Thielow wrote:

> >     pathspec. That may happen to match a single file in the current
> >     revision, but to git it is actually a prefix-limiting pattern, and
> Is it possible to detect the case of a single file in the current
> revisionand use "--follow" by default for exactly that?

It's possible, but it is changing the meaning of "git log foo". With
the current code, even if "foo" is currently a file, it will match
"foo/bar" in a prior revision. Switching this to "--follow" will not.

-Peff