From 0726d18078bab9e054ed417997b5f4db48d6ffdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:53:14 -1000
Subject: Show the root commit in a followed log

A followed log diffs each commit against its parent to learn whether
the file changed there, and a root commit was skipped rather than
diffed against the empty tree, so a file created in the first commit
never showed that commit.
---
 tests/t0103-log.sh | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests')

diff --git a/tests/t0103-log.sh b/tests/t0103-log.sh
index 16fabda..08f9ddd 100755
--- a/tests/t0103-log.sh
+++ b/tests/t0103-log.sh
@@ -45,4 +45,42 @@ test_expect_success 'no links with space in path' '! grep "href=./with space/" t
 test_expect_success 'no links with space in arg' '! grep "q=commit 1" tmp'
 test_expect_success 'commit 2 is not visible' '! grep "commit 2" tmp'
 
+# Following a file diffs each commit for the name the file had there, so the
+# root commit that created it has to be diffed too.
+test_expect_success 'set up a renamed file to follow' '
+	test_create_repo repos/fol &&
+	(
+		cd repos/fol &&
+		echo 1 >a.txt &&
+		git add a.txt &&
+		git commit -m "create a" &&
+		for i in 2 3 4
+		do
+			echo $i >>a.txt &&
+			git commit -am "edit a $i" || return 1
+		done &&
+		git mv a.txt b.txt &&
+		git commit -m "rename to b" &&
+		for i in 6 7 8
+		do
+			echo $i >>b.txt &&
+			git commit -am "edit b $i" || return 1
+		done
+	) &&
+	{
+		echo "virtual-root=/" &&
+		echo "cache-size=0" &&
+		echo "enable-follow-links=1" &&
+		echo "max-commit-count=3" &&
+		echo "repo.url=fol" &&
+		echo "repo.path=$PWD/repos/fol/.git"
+	} >folrc
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'a followed log reaches the root commit' '
+	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/folrc" QUERY_STRING="url=fol/log/b.txt&follow=1&ofs=6" cgit >tmp &&
+	grep ">edit a 2<" tmp &&
+	grep ">create a<" tmp
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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