How to make github follow directory history after renames?

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Update June 2022: GitHub now supports viewing commit history across file renames and moves!

View commit history across file renames and moves.

2011: This was requested in 2009 (Request 129), and then in 2010 (Request 897), and then in 2021 (github/feedback discussion 6964):

I like this.
There could be other issues preventing us from plopping the --follow argument in.
I’ll take a look and let you know.

… and then nothing for now.

Note: Git 2.6+ (Q3 2015) will propose that in command line: see “Why does git log not default to git log --follow?“

Note: Git 2.6.0 has been released and includes this feature. Following path changes in the log command can be enabled by setting the log.follow config option to true as in:

git config log.follow true

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