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

[Balazs Kelemen]

That works, thank you guys!
By the way, don't you think the -M switch for git diff should be used by 
webkit-patch?
It's much easier to review a patch with rename and changes with the 
rename detection.

On 01/04/2011 07:26 AM, Evan Martin wrote:
> 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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