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| author | Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> | 2023-04-24 12:35:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-04-24 15:16:31 -0700 |
| commit | 603d0fdce2ca84d4dc7b26e46430778fe9c4cb72 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e9694d9986637e357ad3191f21659cabee73077 /Documentation/blame-options.txt | |
| parent | 7580f92ffa970b9484ac214f7b53cec5e26ca4bc (diff) | |
| download | git-603d0fdce2ca84d4dc7b26e46430778fe9c4cb72.tar.gz | |
blame: use different author name for fake commit generated by --contents
When the --contents option is used with git blame, and the contents of
the file have lines which can't be annotated by the history being
blamed, the user will see an author of "Not Committed Yet". This is
similar to the way blame handles working tree contents when blaming
without a revision.
This is slightly confusing since this data isn't the working copy and
while it is technically "not committed yet", its also coming from an
external file. Replace this author name with "External file
(--contents)" to better differentiate such lines from actual working
copy lines.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Suggested-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/blame-options.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blame-options.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 95599bd6e5..552dcc60f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[] 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 |