Re: history of a renamed file
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> Christoph Duelli <duelli@melosgmbh.de> writes:
>
>> Given a repo that contains a file x.c
>> that got renamed from
>> some/path/x.c
>> to
>> new/location/x.c
>>
>> Is it possible (ideally with gitk) to view the complete history of
>> what is now new/location/x.c *including* the history of changes that
>> occurred when it stil was some/path/x.c?
>> When I say "gitk new/location/x.c" I get just the changes made
>> starting with the rename.
>> When I call "gitk" and look for the changeset, the rename is detected,
>> though. Therefore I hope that it is somehow possible to obtain the
>> complete file-specific history without truncation at renames.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Try --follow option, see git-log(1), although I'm not sure if gitk
> supports it (it should).
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Christoph Duelli