Commit history not showing commits before move of file - timeline

[angelaschmid]

After a file rename the commit history can be viewed with git log --follow <file>.

Although I set gitlens.advanced.fileHistoryFollowsRenames = true the timeline still only shows commits starting from the rename.

(the older commits are visible as blames in the file)

Is this setting

• meant to show the commit history after a file rename and does not work as expected
• or is it used to view something elsewhere (where/how)

[eamodio]

Which view are you looking at? You mentioned "timeline" so you do you mean the Timeline view in VS Code? If so, that is a VS Code view not a GitLens view. The GitLens version of that Timeline view is the File History view, and the setting you reference does what you said for that view.

[angelaschmid]

Thanks for referring to use the File History (GitLens) view. Unfortunately this view also only shows the commits since the rename.
The Line History (GitLens) shows the blames correct of any changes before the file rename.

GitLens version 13.5.0