From: Eugene Sajine Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 18:31:23 GMT Subject: Re: git log -M -- filename is not working? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Jacob Helwig wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:07, Eugene Sajine wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I tried it in both git 1.6.5.6 and git 1.7.0.5 >> >> The file has been moved: >> >> From >> Src/folder1/folder2/File.java >> >> To src/main/java/folder1/folder2/File.java >> >> I don’t think it is relevant but just in case: The author has >> committed the new file first, then the commit was amended with the >> deletion of the source file. >> So we ended up with the rename correctly detected. >> >> Now >> $ git log –M -- src/main/java/folder1/folder2/File.java >> >> Shows only one last commit and doesn’t show the history when the file >> was in source folder. Same thing happens with >> >> $ git log –C  -- src/main/java/folder1/folder2/File.java >> >> What gives? >> >> Thanks, >> Eugene >> > > You want the --follow flag, too. > Thanks! I missed this guy. By the way it seems that --follow flag works without -M or -C. Are those deprecated or I'm missing the difference between three of them?? Thanks, Eugene