Hi,
I want to list all commits (including renames) of a specified file in
oldest to newest order. But when I run "git log --follow --reverse --
<path/to/the/file>" command, I'm getting a single commit, which points
to the "rename of the file". This behavior is weird to me because I
expected to get list of all commit in oldest to newest order, whereas
"git log --follow -- <path/to/the/file>" command works as expected.
### Steps to reproduce
$ git init test
$ cd test
$ echo "Hello from foo." > a.txt
$ git add a.txt
$ git commit -m 'Initial commit'
$ git mv a.txt b.txt
$ git commit -m 'Rename a.txt to b.txt'
$ git log --follow -- b.txt
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
commit f40baf5e777b2618e02805d16c950687d98356fe
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:53:35 2021 +0530
Initial commit
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Expected output
As far as I understand, using "--reverse" option along with "git log"
command reverse the chronological order of the commits. So expected
output of "git log --follow --reverse" command should be in oldest to
newest commits order that's reverse the chronological order of "git log
--follow" command's output.
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt
commit f40baf5e777b2618e02805d16c950687d98356fe
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:53:35 2021 +0530
Initial commit
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Actual output
But when I use "--reverse" along with "--follow" option, I'm getting a
single commit which points to the rename of the file.
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
### Additional
$ git --version
git version 2.33.0
First I thought "--follow --reverse" showing to me the newest commit.
But later, I found out that, it always shows a single commit which
points to the rename of the file.
$ echo "Hello from bar." >> b.txt
$ git add b.txt
$ git commit -m 'Update b.txt'
$ git log --follow --reverse -- b.txt
commit 55e3e6857755fe815449e787a90fe82feb174817
Author: Redacted <Redacted>
Date: Fri Nov 5 06:56:58 2021 +0530
Rename a.txt to b.txt
Cheers,
Vipul
