From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Duelli Subject: finding the commit that deleted a file Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:31:08 +0200 Message-ID: <49F953BC.7070303@melosgmbh.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 30 09:33:52 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LzQmE-0007mj-GF for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:33:50 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751968AbZD3Hdk (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:33:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751797AbZD3Hdk (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:33:40 -0400 Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.162]:49731 "EHLO mo-p00-ob.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751700AbZD3Hdj (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:33:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1241076817; l=397; s=domk; d=melosgmbh.de; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Subject:To:MIME-Version:From: Date:X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH; bh=iP+ThbIW1tUrxo6IqLynEmNPJQM=; b=fWdkqdamiWZ45dMOkl8YWUWJXk+ITMSCUSitqs0CiUR6+nlr889FOadKJU92f5D+mHR LbywZa7vCqvV5dwmm/Nuv2uo6lMOyLnYA+f6zFo4lW++6piZ2fYuSjzdqQBJbxmHSFL/I kWN64nxqtEX1/YeGHWhwFbdJ8djyDn/TAu8= X-RZG-AUTH: :P2kWY0mrft+7PRqjQVQfkgnIveo2zsFMc4bua7BlzFdpPx7kEk2N74DOz34elah7 X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from mail.melosgmbh.de (186.146.179.213-static.augustakom.net [213.179.146.186]) by post.strato.de (klopstock mo24) (RZmta 18.31) with ESMTP id v03e36l3U6ll1M for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:33:36 +0200 (MEST) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL: 0.036,BAYES_00: -1.665,TOTAL_SCORE: -1.629 X-Spam-Level: Received: from [172.27.1.229] ([172.27.1.229]) (authenticated user duelli@melosgmbh.de) by mail.melosgmbh.de (Kerio MailServer 6.6.2) for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:35:07 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Following scenario: Some file x was deleted (or renamed, but the --follow option does not succeed) some 100 commits ago. Now, I would like to check the 'lost' contents for some reason. Is it possible to find out when a given file (path) was deleted? (And then, with the obtained SHA1, use gitk or some such tool to inspect this file.) Thank you. Best regards -- Christoph Duelli