Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 02:31:02PM +0100, James Blackburn wrote:
>
>> I'm also interested in knowing what incantation I need to give to
>> actually get history of the file which was previously removed. e.g. I
>> know the full path:
>> plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/service/IBreakpoints.java
>> used to exist, but without --follow, git log returns nothing.
>
> Doesn't:
>
> git log -- plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/service/IBreakpoints.java
>
> do that?
If the file emerged in one branch (either the primary or a side branch) in
the past as a failed experiment and then got removed before merging back,
i.e.
past ---o----o-----o-----o-----o-----o-----o-----o--- now
\ /
o----*----o----o----*----o
^added ^removed
then the merges are simplified away and you would not see it.
Perhaps simplify-merges option may help.
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