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Re: gitk --follow doesn't show changes correctly

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jun 21, 2012, 13:09 UTC
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Am 6/21/2012 14:56, schrieb Petr Onderka:
> if I try to see the history of a file across copies by "gitk --follow file",
> it seems it shows the correct revisions (although disconnected),
> but for revisions that modify the file under some older name,
> the diff of those changes is not shown.

--follow is a bolted-on feature. Do not expect it to work according to your expectations ;)

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> For example, I have a file f1, modify it in revision A,
> then copy it to f2 and modify it in revision B,
> and finally modify f2 in revision C.
> 
> If I execute "gitk --follow f2", I can see revisions A, B and C.
> But in revision B, the diff shown contains the whole of f2 (as a new file)
> and the diff for revision A is completely empty.
> 
> What I'd like to see in revision B is the diff between f2 and f1 at that point
> and in revision A the diff for f1.

Turn off "Limit diffs to listed paths" in gitk's settings. Perhaps this shows the changes (among the changes of all other files per commit, of course).

-- Hannes
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  1. Petr OnderkaJun 21, 2012
  2. Johannes SixtJun 21, 2012

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