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vc-region-history doesn't follow renames

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Message #20 received at 27953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>
Cc: clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,
 monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 27953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27953: vc-region-history doesn't follow renames
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 20:23:36 +0300

> From: Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>
> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 13:05:52 -0400
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>,
> 	Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 27953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> But you shouldn't need to add --follow here.  Renames should be followed
> by default when -L is used.  (At least, that's what I see using Git
> v2.13.3.)

I have 2.10 here, so maybe this was fixed later, but I don't see
renames followed when -L is used.  E.g., try this:

  git log -L77,83:admin/charsets/Makefile.in

You will see Git claiming the only version which changed that is the
one in which Makefile.in was created from Makefile.  Am I doing
something wrong, or expecting too much?

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