How were the moved/renamed files accounted for ? [LWN.net]

How were the moved/renamed files accounted for ?

Posted Mar 2, 2010 1:13 UTC (Tue) by jnareb (subscriber, #46500)
In reply to: How were the moved/renamed files accounted for ? by phdm
Parent article: How old is our kernel?

In my experience, 'git log -M' did never give the full log of a single file. I have now discovered that 'git log --follow' does.

Actually the problem is that in "git log -M filename" the filename part is path limiter, and is applied (for history simplification) before rename detection, and that is why you need "git log --follow filename". "git log -M" (no pathspec), or "git log -M directory" should work as expected.

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How were the moved/renamed files accounted for ?

Posted Mar 2, 2010 12:47 UTC (Tue) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

So -M (detect renames) seems from a user's point of view to act differently depending on whether you're trying to log a file or the whole project.

This seems like a good, specific example of one of those usability issues people are always handwaving about.