From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_EXCESS_BASE64,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D871620248 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726235AbfC1NQr (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:16:47 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f67.google.com ([209.85.208.67]:32893 "EHLO mail-ed1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725994AbfC1NQr (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:16:47 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f67.google.com with SMTP id q3so17190837edg.0 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:16:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=cfVutT9BklGy4992TJ3HWf7HSRc3CFrXf0LP8q6Xc1s=; b=pWto4Bv3SgTIQ0+uU2ChIhCIgKuS3/dL61YG/t0558SWBgQjWorqTlxozZ38XW1NRI Bz6yxAht7c9C8IW3/egpM+Fn/2/7hI/kpQnhukTBjbc7d4TwJ+WyKa8SuSolD0mvdaNn 3SKyhR3zIGOZFao4AsOmDLmbps1QZEv1gO4mb1No4dYoB1lT53eHAZKpvoduUS78IpVo oz9VRvyhP7/e/duTF2lcrxEL7EFu5gZu4c4qwjfgfy/CSwsg8EEr9P1lE6TXONjppR9w MFKj40cRz/uJ+LTmNPfuZnrGM0uIUJ5E9KyGoww0T7Esm8FeByAvVuV5O6EKs/FpRvHv bmMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=cfVutT9BklGy4992TJ3HWf7HSRc3CFrXf0LP8q6Xc1s=; b=U3Qc0MwfNoTzfmL3mxyXA7XXKH7T6Atd9dNxykXT0Y1MLHpAfbD/3Tga1b9p4Aa385 8Xs+H5XE6SoZD34bZLapUG59t3EiQb5tkjT5XtNq2yVjVyhPBMtfZoPVMx+UbNo3LkE7 cEa8T7PMXubi/1uVrrMSTu6qr8p0UmH6npjT4MzP+3XHJwlEqGpNe1aaDKX/3IplujsK Wt1f51+6e1vkFm1gyjY7nddxzgcAqR/5f4pWCFQVwKJmR/S+EVxkXn2CeJGZA+3skipY qvm8sKSjTTVjZZd2CpA3jFo0sdTlD+a+SfLGfnTxuY/iI9AWhwZI9axWabgWE1HyK8J+ kTfQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXWwCXK2ylpPOHk30zKjDPb4QnmPJiJjS/QxFYsuycpzhSlyn61 IjAiRtd9E5OoFpdvKj4uZ84= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxAKDPqRWGhom7C16UbsaIhM0IVY61Xl09j+tnKzFAOEgaXgm6OjoMFQ36Equ4RulQZC/Xs/Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:fd5:: with SMTP id c21mr24339736ejk.86.1553779005651; Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:16:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from evledraar ([5.57.21.49]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5sm7930128edp.50.2019.03.28.06.16.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:16:44 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: Victor <__vic@ngs.ru> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange behaviour of git log --follow References: User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid; Emacs 26.1; mu4e 1.1.0 In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:16:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87zhpf9m10.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 28 2019, Victor wrote: > Hello. > > $ git log include/__vic/mutex.h > commit 9429293f8f8fb0819c77cf1f723567f6edc8fb6a > Merge: 96dd9a2 f484f4e > Author: __vic <__vic@ngs.ru> > Date: 2017-12-13 10:41:32 +0300 > > Merge branch 'generic' into posix > > commit f484f4e8aae32041ba56bdce12d1efd8491e94d5 > Merge: 86b848a b9bbbe6 > Author: __vic <__vic@ngs.ru> > Date: 2017-12-12 17:35:10 +0300 > > waitable_event, thread, mutex > $ git log --follow include/__vic/mutex.h > $ > > Why --follow makes git produce truncated history for file that wasn't > renamed? > > My repository is available here > https://github.com/2underscores-vic/__vic I just briefly looked at this. It's because all changes to the relevant file are in merge commits. If you run the "log" with "--stat" you'll see no output. Something in the --follow machinery takes the same shortcut on merges and doesn't consider them.