From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ed Avis <ed.avis@qmaw.com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git log --name-only improvement: show old file name in rename
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:16:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsgf1i46l.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BL0PR11MB3460BEB60550854661B5178B9D800@BL0PR11MB3460.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (Ed Avis's message of "Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:19:14 +0000")
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.
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 11:19 git log --name-only improvement: show old file name in rename Ed Avis
2020-06-11 23:16 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-06-12 14:18 ` Philip Oakley
2020-06-12 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-15 7:36 ` Ed Avis
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