# "git log -5 --follow" returns too few commits

1 messages from 2008-06-17 to 2008-06-17. Participants: Andy Neitzke.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14001

## Andy Neitzke, 2008-06-17 11:21

Subject: "git log -5 --follow" returns too few commits
Message-ID: <200806170721.23950.neitzke@ias.edu>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200806170721.23950.neitzke%40ias.edu

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Hi,

Using either git 1.5.5.4 or the current master, on my system the command

git log -5 --follow some-file

often returns fewer than 5 commits, even when

git log --follow some-file

returns more than 5.  This behavior occurs even for some files which have 
never been renamed.  Is this a bug, or is this the expected behavior for some 
reason?

Best wishes and thanks,

-Andy

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