Re: git log --name-only improvement: show old file name in rename

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date: Jun 12, 2020, 14:18 UTC
Message-ID: <25ca66fb-82bc-7278-90e9-5e1999593068@iee.email>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqsgf1i46l.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

@Ed On 12/06/2020 00:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com> writes:
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>> The git-log manual page says
>>
>>        --name-only
>>            Show only names of changed files.
>>
>> But when a file has been renamed, only the new name is printed, not the 
>> old.  I think it would be more useful and more correct to print both 
>> names.

Was this a concern that the manual did not clarify which name (old or new) was being reported? Philip

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> It is just you who thinks it would be more useful.
>
> Scripts written by people over the last 10 years that expect to see
> new name would certainly hate to see two names start appearing
> there.
>
> Perhaps you can use --summary at the same time?