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Once a directory is renamed, "git log" no longer shows its history, unless you force it to, by using "git log --follow".
Is there a way to force the "history" function on the GitHub web UI to use "--follow"?
Alternatively - is there any way to see pre-rename history on GitHub?
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emiller/git-mv-with-history. git utility to move/rename file or folder and retain history with it. # git-mv-with-history -- move/rename file or folder, with history. # Git has a rename command git mv, but that is just for convenience.
Git stores history as a graph of snapshots of the entire repository. These snapshots, called commits in Git, can have multiple parents, creating a history that looks like a graph instead of a straight line.
Git stores the complete history of your files for a project in a special directory (a.k.a. a folder) called a repository, or repo. This repo is usually in a hidden folder called . git sitting next to your files.
This was requested in 2009 (Request 129), and then in 2010 (Request 897), and then in 2021 (github/feedback discussion 6964):
I like this.
There could be other issues preventing us from plopping the--followargument in.
I'll take a look and let you know.
... and then nothing for now.
Note: Git 2.6+ (Q3 2015) will propose that in command line: see "Why does git log not default to git log --follow?"
Note: Git 2.6.0 has been released and includes this feature. Following path changes in the log command can be enabled by setting the log.follow config option to true as in:
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