Unfortunately `git log revision ... --skip=x -- path` skips the number of commits
not the number of commits relating to the path.
This PR changes the function to have a reader that reads and skips the
necessary number of commits by hand instead.
Fix#8716
Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>