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Strange behaviour of git log --follow

Subject: Strange behaviour of git log --follow

## tl;dr

One message between Mar 7, 2019 and Mar 7, 2019.

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Victor· Mar 7, 2019, 08:34 UTC · lore
Hello.
$ git log include/__vic/mutex.h
commit 9429293f8f8fb0819c77cf1f723567f6edc8fb6a
Merge: 96dd9a2 f484f4e
Author: __vic <__vic@ngs.ru>
Date:   2017-12-13 10:41:32 +0300
     Merge branch 'generic' into posix
commit f484f4e8aae32041ba56bdce12d1efd8491e94d5
Merge: 86b848a b9bbbe6
Author: __vic <__vic@ngs.ru>
Date:   2017-12-12 17:35:10 +0300
     waitable_event, thread, mutex
$ git log --follow include/__vic/mutex.h
$

Why --follow makes git produce truncated history for file that wasn't renamed?

My repository is available here https://github.com/2underscores-vic/__vic

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