repository: Disable file history rename detection
What does this MR do and why?
repository: Disable file history rename detection
When viewing the commit history of a file, the FindCommits Gitaly RPC
is invoked with the follow option enabled. This instructs the
underlying git-log(1) operation to follow file renames when fetching
commit history. This rename detection can be rather expensive for
repositories with deep commit history and result in long file commit
history load times.
Disable enabling the follow option to improve performance for file
commit history.
Related: gitaly#5821 (closed)
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