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From: "Marco Costalba" <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: That improved git-gui blame viewer..
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:11:16 +0200
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On 6/12/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> However, adding a new option to "git log" so that you can say
> 'git log --single-follow=$this_file_at_the_tip $branch' is a
> separate matter.  I think it is a sensible thing to do.  But
> even if we do that, I think --single-follow should limit itself
> to the rename following of "diff -M/-C" style.  It is insane to
> include another path only because the result did copy&paste only
> a handful lines out of during its history.
>

Some weeks ago I've started to experiment with git-log as a
replacement for git-rev-list (as suggested by Linus in a thread).

I found some problems and so I stopped, but I think it's time to give
it another look.

Maybe this week-end I'll do some testing.


Marco