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# Show All Commits For A File Beyond Renaming
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By including `-- <filename>` with a `git log` command, we can list all the
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commits for a file. The following is an example of such a command with some
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formatting and file names.
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```bash
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> git log --name-only --pretty=format:%H -- README.md
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4e57c5d46637286731dc7fbb1e16330f1f3b2b7c
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README.md
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56955ff027f02b57212476e142a97ce2b7e60efe
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README.md
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5abdc5106529dd246450b381f621fa1b05808830
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README.md
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```
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What we may not realize, though, is that we are missing out on a commit in
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this file's history. At one point, this file was renamed. The command above
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wasn't able to capture that.
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Using the `--follow` flag with a file name, we can list all commits for a
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file beyond renaming.
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```bash
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> git log --name-only --pretty=format:%H --follow README.md
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4e57c5d46637286731dc7fbb1e16330f1f3b2b7c
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README.md
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56955ff027f02b57212476e142a97ce2b7e60efe
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README.md
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5abdc5106529dd246450b381f621fa1b05808830
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README.md
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ea885f458b0d525f673623f2440de9556954c0c9
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README.rdoc
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```
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This command roped in a commit from when `README.md` used to be called
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`README.rdoc`. If you want to know about the *full* history of a file, this
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is the way to go.
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[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3701404/list-all-commits-for-a-specific-file)
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