git log exclude renames

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I can list commits for a file, even if it has been renamed or moved

git log --follow foo.sh

However, I would like to "follow" the file, but only list commits where the file was actually changed. Something like

git log --follow --exclude-renames foo.sh

I tried to filter it by commit message with `--grep="renamed:" --invert-grep` but for me this did not work. But the oposide direction `--grep="renamed:"` forks and shows only commits containing the "renamed:" test in the message. But keep in mind that it if only a filtering by message, this can not respect commits with mixed renames and changes. — Radon8472, Oct 21 '20 at 00:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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git log --follow --name-status --oneline foo.sh | sed 'h;N;/\nR/d;g'

copy commit line to hold space
read in second line
if line starting with R is found, delete pattern space and start next cycle, else copy hold space to pattern space

thanks to jthill

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 16:48

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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A bit like in "nicely display file rename history in git log", you could add --name-status in order to:

not select (grep -v renames: status 'Rxxx', while keeping addition 'A' or modification 'M')
still follow the file through its different name

But that will still involve post-processing the git log command (with grep and/or sed) in order to get the output you want: there is no native '--exclude-renames'-like option yet.

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 08:21

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seeing as how the '--exclude-renames' option is exactly two bytes shorter than just supplying the sed to do it, I have a hard time seeing the point of yetanotheroptionname ... :-) – jthill Feb 28 '13 at 18:57

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