List all commits of a specified file in oldest to newest order
- From
- Vipul Kumar <kumar+git@onenetbeyond.org>
- Date
- Nov 5, 2021, 04:10 UTC
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- <c3932b3c-323a-39d6-26a7-ba0c3d17378b@onenetbeyond.org>
Hi,
I want to list all commits (including renames) of a specified file in oldest to newest order. But when I run "git log --follow --reverse -- <path/to/the/file>" command, I'm getting a single commit, which points to the "rename of the file". This behavior is weird to me because I expected to get list of all commit in oldest to newest order, whereas "git log --follow -- <path/to/the/file>" command works as expected.
### Steps to reproduce
$ git init test $ cd test $ echo "Hello from foo." > a.txt $ git add a.txt $ git commit -m 'Initial commit' $ git mv a.txt b.txt $ git commit -m 'Rename a.txt to b.txt' $ git log --follow -- b.txt commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817 Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
commit f40baf5e777b2618e02805d16c950687d98356fe Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:53:35 2021 +0530
Initial commit $ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817 Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Expected output
As far as I understand, using "--reverse" option along with "git log" command reverse the chronological order of the commits. So expected output of "git log --follow --reverse" command should be in oldest to newest commits order that's reverse the chronological order of "git log --follow" command's output.
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt commit f40baf5e777b2618e02805d16c950687d98356fe Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:53:35 2021 +0530
Initial commit
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817 Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Actual output
But when I use "--reverse" along with "--follow" option, I'm getting a single commit which points to the rename of the file.
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817 Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Additional
$ git --version git version 2.33.0
First I thought "--follow --reverse" showing to me the newest commit. But later, I found out that, it always shows a single commit which points to the rename of the file.
$ echo "Hello from bar." >> b.txt $ git add b.txt $ git commit -m 'Update b.txt' $ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817 Author: Redacted <Redacted> Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
Cheers, Vipul