'git log' for a specific file is missing commits

Question

Yesterday I committed some changes in a file named Network.java. Today I pulled with rebase from the origin. Now the changes are gone in the file.

What is more interesting is that if I run git log -p and search for Network.java, I see the commit with the changes. However, if I run git log -p -- <path to Network.java>, then I don't see my commit (it shows a commit made a week ago).

What is the explanation?

Answer 1

You should run the same command with --full-history. It is because Git compacts the history.