On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 07:38:23PM +0100, Ralf Thielow wrote: > > pathspec. That may happen to match a single file in the current > > revision, but to git it is actually a prefix-limiting pattern, and > Is it possible to detect the case of a single file in the current > revisionand use "--follow" by default for exactly that? It's possible, but it is changing the meaning of "git log foo". With the current code, even if "foo" is currently a file, it will match "foo/bar" in a prior revision. Switching this to "--follow" will not. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html