On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 08:35:33AM +0100, Ephrim Khong wrote: > Hi, git log seems to omit merge commits that delete a file if --follow or > --diff-filter=D is given. Below is a testcase. I'm not sure if it is desired > behaviour for --diff-filter=D, but it's probably not correct that --follow > _removes_ the merge commit from the log output. This is by design. Git-log does not calculate or show merge diffs unless "-c" or "--cc" is specified, and thus no diff-filter can match. > echo "log 1 - no output" > # note that --diff-filter=A and M work as expected > # the merge does not show up for --diff-filter=ACDMRTUXB either > git log --pretty=oneline --diff-filter=D -- some_file Try: git log -c --diff-filter=D -- some_file which does show it. -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