# git log --follow --parents can't rewrite history

1 messages from 2009-01-30 to 2009-01-30. Participants: Frank Li.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17458

## Frank Li, 2009-01-30 13:16

Subject: git log --follow --parents can't rewrite history
Message-ID: <1976ea660901300516x75205c6cifb32ca67c866768a@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1976ea660901300516x75205c6cifb32ca67c866768a%40mail.gmail.com

```
use git.git repository.

git log --pretty=format:Commit:%H%nParent:%P%n%n --parents  -- alloc.c

Commit:100c5f3b0b27ec6617de1a785c4ff481e92636c1
Parent:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3


Commit:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3
Parent:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779


Commit:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779
Parent:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de


Commit:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de
Parent:

Parent will be rewritten correctly.

But When I add --follow, it will be
git log --pretty=format:Commit:%H%nParent:%P%n%n --parents --follow -- alloc.c

Commit:100c5f3b0b27ec6617de1a785c4ff481e92636c1
Parent:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3


Commit:2c1cbec1e2f0bd7b15fe5e921d287babfd91c7d3
Parent:f948792990f82a35bf0c98510e7511ef8acb9cd3


Commit:579d1fbfaf25550254014fa472faac95f88eb779
Parent:446c6faec69f7ac521b8b9fc2b1874731729032f


Commit:855419f764a65e92f1d5dd1b3d50ee987db1d9de
Parent:64e86c57867593ba0ee77a7b0ff0eb8e9d4d8ed5

parent will be not rewritten.

```