Hi,

this is ugly: if you do

    git log --follow --before=<date> <foo>

the log will be empty if <foo> was renamed after/at <date>.

Nikolaus

found 477812 1:1.7.0~rc1-1
tags 477812 + upstream
retitle 477812 log: handle --follow before --before
severity 477812 wishlist
thanks

Hi Nikolaus,

Nikolaus Schulz wrote:

Totally agreed.

For example, in the git source repository:

git log --color --follow --before='Jan.23.2010' t/t1507-rev-parse-upstream.sh

I am marking this wishlist because I suspect it would be hard to do
right.  There might be people who were relying on the current behavior,
though I doubt it.  I cannot guarantee I’ll get to it any time soon,
since I have not learned the revision walking machinery yet (though
apparently it is well documented in Documentation/technical).

Thanks for the report, and sorry I did not get to this sooner,
Jonathan