bug#27953: vc-region-history doesn't follow renames

[Andreas Schwab]

On Aug 04 2017, Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote:

>> Indeed, `git log -p --follow -L5,25:file.c' doesn't work.  But `git
>> log -p --follow -L5,25:file.c file.c' does work (note the extra mention of
>> the file name).
>
> Hmm... what's the difference between
>
>     git log -p -L5,25:file.c
> and
>     git log -p -L5,25:file.c file.c

The latter is supposed to be invalid:

       -L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<funcname>:<file>
           Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>" (or
           the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may not
                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^
           give any pathspec limiters.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Would this issue deserve a bug-report to Git?

It does.

Andreas.

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