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diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt index 5428111d73..1625ffce6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt @@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. Show raw timestamp (Default: off). -S <revs-file>:: - Use revs from revs-file instead of calling linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + Use revisions from revs-file instead of calling linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. + +--reverse:: + Walk history forward instead of backward. Instead of showing + the revision in which a line appeared, this shows the last + revision in which a line has existed. This requires a range of + revision like START..END where the path to blame exists in + START. -p:: --porcelain:: @@ -49,6 +56,13 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. Show the result incrementally in a format designed for machine consumption. +--encoding=<encoding>:: + Specifies the encoding used to output author names + and commit summaries. Setting it to `none` makes blame + output unconverted data. For more information see the + discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1] + manual page. + --contents <file>:: When <rev> is not specified, the command annotates the changes starting backwards from the working tree copy. @@ -56,11 +70,19 @@ of lines before or after the line given by <start>. tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify `-` to make the command read from the standard input). +--date <format>:: + The value is one of the following alternatives: + {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not + provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is + used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the + iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion + of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1]. + -M|<num>|:: Detect moving lines in the file as well. When a commit moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and - then A), traditional 'blame' algorithm typically blames + then A), the traditional 'blame' algorithm typically blames the lines that were moved up (i.e. B) to the parent and assigns blame to the lines that were moved down (i.e. A) to the child commit. With this option, both groups of lines @@ -76,8 +98,8 @@ commit. files that were modified in the same commit. This is useful when you reorganize your program and move code around across files. When this option is given twice, - the command looks for copies from all other files in the - parent for the commit that creates the file in addition. + the command additionally looks for copies from all other + files in the parent for the commit that creates the file. + <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving |