From de267250fdb42b4b7f7b3d1179afbb81aed58965 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asocia <akkayas17@itu.edu.tr>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 00:59:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] TIL: Viewing history of a file

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+You can add filename to `git log` to view all the commit history of a file:
+
+```
+git log my_file
+```
+
+If you want to view diff's, at `-p` option:
+```
+git log -p my_file
+```
+
+If you want to continue listing the file history beyond renames add `--follow` option:
+```
+git log --follow -p my_file
+```
+
+