Follow renamed file history

bash

git log --follow -- path/to/file

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Find youngest reachable commit with matching message text.

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Find commits across all refs matching message text.

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Display commit graph respecting topology.

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Include parent IDs in output.

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Print file content from a revision.

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Read file content from another branch.

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