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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> There were patches floating around for an option called "--follow" to "git 
> log", that would actually follow the renames. 
>
> I don't remember what happened to them - I suspect the implementation 
> wasn't up to snuff. But the *concept* is definitely right.

Yes, the concept is good.  It was from Fredrik of
merge-recursive fame.

The patch was not _bad_, but it looked a bit too intrusive back
then and scared me away.