From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com>
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: log: option "--follow" not the default for a single file?
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:52:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111201185230.GB2873@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0XMOJGm1frOi7FEke7LfHCSBt2DRn_npkdKe0m3qZ=hQPNHw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 07:38:23PM +0100, Ralf Thielow wrote:
> > pathspec. That may happen to match a single file in the current
> > revision, but to git it is actually a prefix-limiting pattern, and
> Is it possible to detect the case of a single file in the current
> revisionand use "--follow" by default for exactly that?
It's possible, but it is changing the meaning of "git log foo". With
the current code, even if "foo" is currently a file, it will match
"foo/bar" in a prior revision. Switching this to "--follow" will not.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-01 18:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-29 18:25 log: option "--follow" not the default for a single file? Ralf Thielow
2011-11-30 6:37 ` Jeff King
2011-11-30 18:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-30 18:38 ` Ralf Thielow
2011-12-01 18:52 ` Jeff King [this message]
2011-12-01 20:28 ` Ralf Thielow
2011-12-01 20:36 ` Jeff King
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