From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:03:02 GMT
Subject: Re: git log --name-only improvement: show old file name in rename
Message-ID: <xmqqh7vg2p4p.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <25ca66fb-82bc-7278-90e9-5e1999593068@iee.email>

Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes:

> @Ed
> On 12/06/2020 00:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com> writes:
>>
>>> The git-log manual page says
>>>
>>>        --name-only
>>>            Show only names of changed files.
>>>
>>> But when a file has been renamed, only the new name is printed, not the 
>>> old.  I think it would be more useful and more correct to print both 
>>> names. 
> Was this a concern that the manual did not clarify which name (old or
> new) was being reported?

Good point.  

I am not Ed so I cannot give an answer to that question, but if we
do not document what name is listed in the output, we definitely
should.

Thanks.