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Re: GSoC - Better "git log --follow" support

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2011, 21:57 UTC
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Michał Łowicki <mlowicki@gmail.com> writes:
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> I'm looking at idea about better git log --follow support from
> https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SoC2011Ideas .There is something
> like this - "[.. ] it does not interact well with git's usual history
> simplification [...]". Can someone elaborate this? I've found History
> Simplification in git rev-list man but don't know yet about issues
> with --follow.
Well, '--follow' option to git-log is a bit of bolted-on hack.

It does work only for single file (it doesn't work e.g. for directory), and it not always work correctly. For example

  $ git log --follow gitweb/gitweb.perl

correctly follows gitweb history across gitweb.cgi => gitweb.perl rename in 5d043a3 (gitweb: fill in gitweb configuration by Makefile, 2006-08-01), but it doesn't follow through subtree merging of gitweb repository in 0a8f4f0 (Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/gitweb, 2006-06-10).

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Jakub Narebski
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  2. Jakub NarebskiMar 19, 2011
  3. Jeff KingMar 21, 2011
  4. Michał ŁowickiMar 22, 2011
  5. Jeff KingMar 23, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2011
  7. Jeff KingMar 23, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2011
  9. Jeff KingMar 23, 2011
  10. Michał ŁowickiApr 13, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 15, 2011
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