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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T11:37:58+00:00 2026-05-19T11:37:58+00:00

How should one go about viewing full history of a file’s content in git?

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How should one go about viewing full history of a file’s content in git?

A file has a very short history in git, repository synced over git-svn, but a long history in svn. The history in git reaches to the point where the file was moved. To view the history I use the following command:

git log PATH_TO_FILE

Am I doing it right? Git is supposed to track content not files, I was imagining it would be good at tracking history of files across renames.

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    2026-05-19T11:37:58+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 11:37 am

    Try

    git log --follow PATH_TO_FILE
    
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