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authorSteven Walter <stevenrwalter@gmail.com>2007-07-12 10:52:30 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-07-12 14:36:41 -0700
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Documentation for git-log --follow
After vainly searching the Documentation for how to follow renames, I finally broke down and grepped the source. It would appear that Linus didn't add write and docs for this feature when he wrote it. The following patch rectifies that, hopefully sparing future users from resorting to the source code. Signed-off-by: Steven Walter <stevenrwalter@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
the specified paths; this means that "<paths>..." limits only
commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits.
+--follow::
+ Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames.
+
<paths>...::
Show only commits that affect the specified paths.
@@ -91,6 +94,12 @@ git log -r --name-status release..test::
in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
each commit modifies.
+git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
+
+ Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
+ those commits that occurred before the file was given its
+ present name.
+
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