From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Neitzke Subject: "git log -5 --follow" returns too few commits Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:21:23 -0400 Message-ID: <200806170721.23950.neitzke@ias.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jun 17 13:51:11 2008 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 1K8ZiF-0005eI-Nn for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755371AbYFQLuF (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:50:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755359AbYFQLuF (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:50:05 -0400 Received: from smtp2.ias.edu ([192.16.204.102]:59749 "EHLO smtp2.ias.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755272AbYFQLuE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:50:04 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1655 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:50:04 EDT X-IAS: Institute for Advanced Study Received: from pps2 (pps2.ias.edu [172.16.12.132]) by smtp2.ias.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m5HBMNMp014636 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:22:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iris.sns.ias.edu (iris.sns.ias.edu [172.16.17.15]) by pps2.ias.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5HBMMJF027970 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:22:22 -0400 X-SNS: School of Natural Sciences Received: from [192.168.11.3] ([157.82.237.102]) (authenticated bits=0) by iris.sns.ias.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m5HBMIIx021218 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:22:22 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Content-Disposition: inline X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.7160:2.4.4,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2008-06-17_03:2008-06-16,2008-06-17,2008-06-16 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0805090000 definitions=main-0806170040 X-IAS-PPS-SPAM: NO Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, Using either git 1.5.5.4 or the current master, on my system the command git log -5 --follow some-file often returns fewer than 5 commits, even when git log --follow some-file returns more than 5. This behavior occurs even for some files which have never been renamed. Is this a bug, or is this the expected behavior for some reason? Best wishes and thanks, -Andy