Re: Git log can not show history before rename

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 30, 2009, 12:25 UTC
Message-ID: <m33af1x9od.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <adf1fd3d0901300329y53e46d91xda75799ce1244ddd@mail.gmail.com>

Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> writes:

> 2009/1/30 Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>:

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> > mkdir tt3
> > cd tt3
> > git init-db
> 
> "git init"
> 
> > touch a.c
> > git add a.c
> > git commit -a -m "test1"
> >
> > git mv a.c b.c
> > git commit -a -m "rename"
> >
> > modify b.c
> > git commit -a -m "test2"
> >
> > git log -C -M -- b.c
> [...]
> > I can't get history before rename.
> 
> You asked to restrict the search to the b.c path.
> 
> You want:
> 
> git log --follow -- b.c
> 
> Man git-log:
>        --follow
>            Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.

Or use

  $ git log -C -- b.c a.c

(you don't need '-M' option, as '-C' is superset of it).

Note that '--follow' works for simple histories, but (as it is quite new invention) doesn't work yet for all cases, like for example subtree merge or equivalent.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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