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git log implementation details

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NDNicolas Dufour <nicolas.dufour@nemoworld.info>
Date
Nov 17, 2012, 01:14 UTC
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Hello,

I was wondering how the command "git log" is actually retrieving the commit log for a given file behind the scene. Is it by walking down the object tree and scanning each commit/tree object? Or any cache/index used here?

Thank you,
Nicolas
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  1. Nicolas DufourNov 17, 2012

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