Re: File rename impacts Gitlab history

[João Valverde via Wireshark-dev <wireshark-dev () wireshark org>]

On 26/02/21 16:48, chuck c wrote:
> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/50dbe4df7fd7a5e4e1a27fd5046981486d350994 
> <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/50dbe4df7fd7a5e4e1a27fd5046981486d350994>
> Rename packet-ssl* to packet-tls*
>
> Looking through history of
> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commits/master/epan/dissectors/packet-tls.c 
> <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commits/master/epan/dissectors/packet-tls.c>
>
> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/tree/2fd42045f5afb556a03d8a1090f3278c77798766 
> <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/tree/2fd42045f5afb556a03d8a1090f3278c77798766>
>  "epan/dissectors/packet-tls.c" did not exist on 
> "2fd42045f5afb556a03d8a1090f3278c77798766"
>
> Is there any sort of work around (symbolic link?) that could be 
> tracked in Git?
> It now changes from "Browse File" to "Browse Directory" to look at 
> earlier versions.

This is probably just a quirk of Gitlab's UI. It doesn't handle renames 
that smartly.

The answer to your question is to use "git log --follow" (which is what 
Gitlab is doing underneath).


> thanks
> chuckc
>
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