Variable: magit-revision-filter-files-on-follow

magit-revision-filter-files-on-follow is a customizable variable defined in magit-diff.el.

Value

nil

Documentation

Whether to honor file filter if log arguments include "--follow".

When a commit is displayed from a log buffer, the resulting revision buffer usually shares the log's file arguments, restricting the diff to those files. However, there's a complication when the log arguments include "--follow": if the log follows a file across a rename event, keeping the file restriction would mean showing an empty diff in revision buffers for commits before the rename event.

When this option is nil, the revision buffer ignores the log's filter if the log arguments include "--follow". If non-nil, the log's file filter is always honored.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in magit version 3.0.0.

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/magit-20260822.1158/magit-diff.el
(defcustom magit-revision-filter-files-on-follow nil
  "Whether to honor file filter if log arguments include \"--follow\".

When a commit is displayed from a log buffer, the resulting revision
buffer usually shares the log's file arguments, restricting the diff to
those files.  However, there's a complication when the log arguments
include \"--follow\": if the log follows a file across a rename event,
keeping the file restriction would mean showing an empty diff in
revision buffers for commits before the rename event.

When this option is nil, the revision buffer ignores the log's filter
if the log arguments include \"--follow\".  If non-nil, the log's file filter
is always honored."
  :package-version '(magit . "3.0.0")
  :group 'magit-revision
  :type 'boolean)