git log over restricts output when using --follow? [closed]

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On the following server:

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> uname -a
Linux aragorn 2.6.31.12-0.2-default #1 SMP 2010-03-16 21:25:39 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> cat /etc/SuSE-release

openSUSE 11.2 (i586)
VERSION = 11.2
开发者_如何转开发

I use the following git:

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> git --version

git version 1.7.2.2

I get (with a bash alias of gitnp='git --no-pager'):

(1)

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log --pretty=oneline junk.txt
500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3
594ceed7a0fb35a860a6e2cb913d5398f09a861f 1st mod junk.txt
df271b2ebd5801bd8d827b0630577cad51c40896 initial junk.txt

(2)

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log --follow --pretty=oneline junk.txt
500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3
594ceed7a0fb35a860a6e2cb913d5398f09a861f 1st mod junk.txt
df271b2ebd5801bd8d827b0630577cad51c40896 initial junk.txt

(3)

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log -2 --follow --pretty=oneline junk.txt
500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3

(4)

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log -2 --pretty=oneline junk.txt
500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3
594ceed7a0fb35a860a6e2cb913d5398f09a861f 1st mod junk.txt

Why don't I see 2 output lines for item (3) above?

-=> Gregg <=-

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I upgraded to the latest and greatest, but still have the same problem:

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> git --version

git version 1.7.2.3

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log -2 --follow --pretty=oneline junk.txt 500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3

gsl@aragorn:~/gitTest> gitnp log --follow --pretty=oneline junk.txt 500e8791578c5baf7a139d4997841769a995ac6b mod of junk and junk3 594ceed7a0fb35a860a6e2cb913d5398f09a861f 1st mod junk.txt df271b2ebd5801bd8d827b0630577cad51c40896 initial junk.txt

So is there another non-graphical reliable git way to obtain this information?

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Did you try with git1.7.2.3?

• "git log --follow -M -p" was seriously broken in 1.7.2, reporting assertion failure.

• Running "git log" with an incorrect option started pager nevertheless, forcing the user to dismiss it.

I am not sure why the combination of '--follow -2' would limit the output to only one line.
It is however interesting to read what Linux has to say when --follow was introduced:

--follow is a total hack, meant to just satisfy ex-SVN users who never knew anything about things like parenthood or nice revision graphs anyway.

It's not totally fundamental, but the current implementation of "--follow" is really a quick preprocessing thing bolted onto the revision walking logic, rather than being anything really integral.

It literally was designed as a "SVN noob" pleaser, not as a "real git functionality" thing.
The idea was that you'd get away from the (broken) mindset of thinking that renames matter in the big picture.