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Re: git-log --follow?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 12, 2007, 18:45 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> I think this is just a testament that "following renames" is not
>> as useful in a real project as people seem to believe, not a
>> real complaint.
>
> Yeah. That said, what you wanted would have actually worked with my 
> original strange patch to "git blame", and in particular that also would 
> allow you to get a "log" for certain lines in the file.

Yeah, I just tried the blame from 'pu' (I have been carrying that original patch from you there). The output is not very intuitive in that it talks about each commit but it is not apparent _why_ the command talks about that commit. Maybe adding "there are the lines in the final image of the blob you are blaming that came from this commit" to the output would make the output easier to read.

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Message 9 of 11 in “[BUG (or misfeature?)] git checkout and symlinks”
  1. Pierre HabouzitJul 4, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2007
  3. Pierre HabouzitJul 4, 2007
  4. Pierre HabouzitJul 4, 2007
  5. Teach read-tree 2-way merge to ignore intermediate symlinksJunio C Hamano, Jul 12, 2007
  6. git-log --follow?Junio C Hamano, Jul 12, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 12, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2007
  10. Linus TorvaldsJul 12, 2007
  11. Pierre HabouzitJul 12, 2007

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