linux-kernel - Re: arch merge fallout.

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:25:45 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: arch merge fallout.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 08:11:53PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:14:54PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >  > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
 >  > >
 >  > > Something I find useful is to just do for eg..
 >  > > 
 >  > > git log arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
 >  > > 
 >  > > from time to time, to figure out when certain changes happened,
 >  > > or even to grep for something in a changelog.
 >  > > With that file moved, git refuses to tell me about the log
 >  > > of a file that doesn't exist, and the log of the moved
 >  > > file in arch/x86 just has a single commit, detailing the move.
 >  > > 
 >  > > Is there an easy way to get the complete log of a file?
 >  > 
 >  > The "--follow" flag will follow renames when doing a log, so a simple
 >  > 
 >  > 	git log --follow arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
 >  > 
 >  > will do it.
 > 
 > Hrmm.
 > 
 > $ git log --follow arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
 > fatal: ambiguous argument 'arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c':
 > unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
 > Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
 > 
 > Using --follow on the arch/x86 post-merge file gives me even less info
 > than it does without it :)

duh.

git log --stat --follow arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c

works just fine.  Thanks.

(was running it on the old path)

	Dave
 
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