From: Steven Walter Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:52:30 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Documentation for git-log --follow X-Git-Tag: v1.5.3-rc1~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f50f6a966dc9a1ff7d11b2ca5eb116fa9dd139a;p=git.git 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 7adcdefac..63c1dbe81 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 ----------