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Re: git-log --full-history renamed-file

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 10, 2007, 00:55 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> There were patches floating around for an option called "--follow" to "git 
> log", that would actually follow the renames. 
>
> I don't remember what happened to them - I suspect the implementation 
> wasn't up to snuff. But the *concept* is definitely right.

Yes, the concept is good. It was from Fredrik of merge-recursive fame.

The patch was not _bad_, but it looked a bit too intrusive back then and scared me away.

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  1. Jim MeyeringMar 9, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsMar 9, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiMar 10, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMar 10, 2007
  7. Andy ParkinsMar 10, 2007
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