On Thu, Mar 28 2019, Victor wrote:
> Hello. > > $ git log include/__vic/mutex.h > commit 9429293f8f8fb0819c77cf1f723567f6edc8fb6a > Merge: 96dd9a2 f484f4e > Author: __vic <__...@ngs.ru> > Date: 2017-12-13 10:41:32 +0300 > > Merge branch 'generic' into posix > > commit f484f4e8aae32041ba56bdce12d1efd8491e94d5 > Merge: 86b848a b9bbbe6 > Author: __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.
