This feature was added by commit 076c98372e (log: add "log.follow" configuration variable, 2015-07-07) but remained undocumented. Signed-off-by: Étienne Servais <etienne.servais@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This is my first patch to git \o/ Sent with thunderbird with help of format-patch'doc (So, it works!). I've tested the patch and git am works well on maint and next. I couldn't figure if I shall merge the --no-follow doc with the follow as is done for --no-decorate and --decorate just after. I couldn't think of a proper phrasing so I'll be glad to get suggestion on this. Documentation/git-log.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index bed09bb09e..cc2ad98167 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ OPTIONS Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames (works only for a single file). +--no-follow:: + Override the log.follow configuration. + --no-decorate:: --decorate[=short|full|auto|no]:: Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is @@ -205,7 +208,8 @@ log.follow:: If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well - on non-linear history. + on non-linear history. This setting can be disabled by the `--no-follow` + option. log.showRoot:: If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the -- 2.17.1
