Re: [PATCH v2] log: improve --follow following renames for non-linear history

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2026, 20:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqa4szh644.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aipTOsH8LKTSwglj@collabora.com>

Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@collabora.com> writes:

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>  Documentation/config/log.adoc |   3 +-
>  log-tree.c                    | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  log-tree.h                    |   1 +
>  revision.c                    |   2 +
>  revision.h                    |   4 +
>  t/meson.build                 |   1 +
>  t/t4218-log-follow-merge.sh   | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

t4218 seems to be taken by another topic in-flight, so this needs renumbering.

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