[BUG?] git log with --follow and --skip

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 6, 2016, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD30HNTzF8grvPYjkafF6B=iw3R1t2S3swf4HUmPU5iuVQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

At GitLab, we are annoyed by the fact that `git log` doesn't seem to work well when using it with both --follow and --skip.

For example:

> git log --oneline -6 README.md

a299e3a README.md: format CLI commands with code syntax c9a014e README.md: don't take 'commandname' literally a217f07 README.md: move down historical explanation about the name 28513c4 README.md: don't call git stupid in the title d9b297d README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up 6164972 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames

> git log --skip 2 --oneline -6 README.md

a217f07 README.md: move down historical explanation about the name 28513c4 README.md: don't call git stupid in the title d9b297d README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up 6164972 README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames 4ad21f5 README: use markdown syntax

The above 2 commands seem to work well, but:

> git log --follow --skip 2 --oneline -6 README.md

So with --follow it looks like the top 2 commits are not skipped any more.

Thanks, Christian.