# BUG: git log --follow always follows copies as well as renames

1 messages from 2022-12-01 to 2022-12-01. Participants: Grochowalski, Matthew (GE Aerospace, US).
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/58885

## Grochowalski, Matthew (GE Aerospace, US), 2022-12-01 20:41

Subject: BUG: git log --follow always follows copies as well as renames
Message-ID: <604700f9e2e74d0db047a47c0b58ce8a@ge.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/604700f9e2e74d0db047a47c0b58ce8a%40ge.com

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Encountered on git 2.38.1.143.g1fc3c0ad40

Run git log --follow -M100% --no-find-copies --name-status path/to/renamed/file

The log follows copies despite being explicitly told not to.

This apparently goes back to at least 2017; see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44083806/how-to-prevent-git-log-follow-from-following-copies-but-only-follow-renames

--Matt Grochowalski

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