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Subject: Re: git log --name-only improvement: show old file name in rename
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com>
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From:   Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
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@Ed
On 12/06/2020 00:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com> writes:
>
>> The git-log manual page says
>>
>>        --name-only
>>            Show only names of changed files.
>>
>> But when a file has been renamed, only the new name is printed, not the 
>> old.  I think it would be more useful and more correct to print both 
>> names. 
Was this a concern that the manual did not clarify which name (old or
new) was being reported?
Philip

> It is just you who thinks it would be more useful.
>
> Scripts written by people over the last 10 years that expect to see
> new name would certainly hate to see two names start appearing
> there.
>
> Perhaps you can use --summary at the same time?