From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:54:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make git log --follow support --find-copies-harder.
Message-ID: <7vbpdc6ngw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <m2p41f08ee11004211927w88506198sfd740da672b5c6f7@mail.gmail.com>

Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com> writes:

> This because in diff_tree,
>
>               if (opt->nr_paths) {
>                         skip_uninteresting(t1, base, baselen, opt);
>                         skip_uninteresting(t2, base, baselen, opt);
>                 }
>
> And this give no chance for later rename/copy detection.

That is rather an old news.  This thread may help to avoid rehashing the
same issues:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/10225/focus=10259