[webkit-dev] git history and the moving to Source

[Evan Martin]

Adam is correct.

To elaborate, there are two rename-related flags of interest:

1) When you git log -- foo/bar.cc, you're saying "only show me logs
that apply to the path foo/bar.cc".  This excludes renames implicitly.
 The --follow flag indicates that the filename filter should be
broadened to include renames.

2) If you are viewing diffs (like with -p), you must pass -M etc. just
as you would to git diff for it to find renames.

Here's an interesting thread from Linus on the subject:
  http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2009/1/30/4856404/thread
As usual, his opinions on renames are ...interesting.

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:
> There's a git option to follow renames.  I think it's --follow, but
> some git experts might know better.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Balazs Kelemen <kbalazs at webkit.org> wrote:
>> I have just realized that git log -- filename does not output the
>> history before the file had been moved to Source. It seems like the
>> whole git history will be lost after the move. Did we take this into
>> consideration when we decided to switch to the new directory  structure?
>> Can we do something to save the history? Or should I just
>> do something locally to fix this?
>>
>> Balazs
>>
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