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[gitk] searching commits includes irrelevant file renaming entries

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LBLyndon Brown <jnqnfe@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2020, 05:11 UTC
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Hi,

When searching commits in add/remove string mode, the search results include commits that simply rename files that contain the string. UX would be improved IMO if it were to ignore such commits.

I'm a Debian Linux user, running version 1:2.28.0-1.
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  1. Lyndon BrownAug 31, 2020

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