From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:36:08 GMT
Subject: Re: git log --follow doesn't follow a rename over a merge
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In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikMNYyV40XM26rc6Ov6ZYO643mukA@mail.gmail.com>

James Blackburn <jamesblackburn@gmail.com> writes:

> Given the file was removed during my 'merge' graft in commit X,
> shouldn't it be visible  in log without --simplify-merges?

The merge simplification logic does not treat earlier parent commits any
differently than later parent commits of a merge (except when two parents
are the same with respect to a given pathspec, and if the logic needs to
pick only one, the earlier parent will be picked), and that is by design.

So the short answer is no.