GNU bug report logs - #27953
vc-region-history doesn't follow renames

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com, Kyle Meyer <kyle <at> kyleam.com>, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 27953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27953: vc-region-history doesn't follow renames
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 20:03:15 +0200

On Aug 05 2017, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> 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?

The problem is that admin/charsets/Makefile.in is only similar to
admin/charsets/Makefile by 32%, much below the default threshold.  Try
lisp/obsolete/html2text.el instead, for example.

Andreas.

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