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manual page.
--contents <file>::
- Pretend the file being annotated has a commit with the
- contents from the named file and a parent of <rev>,
- defaulting to HEAD when no <rev> is specified. You may
- specify '-' to make the command read from the standard
- input for the file contents.
+ Annotate using the contents from the named file, starting from <rev>
+ if it is specified, and HEAD otherwise. You may specify '-' to make
+ the command read from the standard input for the file contents.
--date <format>::
Specifies the format used to output dates. If --date is not