From 4f50f6a966dc9a1ff7d11b2ca5eb116fa9dd139a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Walter Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:52:30 -0400 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 7adcdef..63c1dbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[] the specified paths; this means that "..." limits only commits, and doesn't limit diff for those commits. +--follow:: + Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames. + ...:: 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. + Discussion ---------- -- cgit v0.10.2-6-g49f6