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diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt index 8b6b56a544..0590eec056 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-annotate(1) NAME ---- -git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit info +git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- Annotates each line in the given file with information from the commit -which introduced the line. Optionally annotate from a given revision. +which introduced the line. Optionally annotates from a given revision. + +The only difference between this command and linkgit:git-blame[1] is that +they use slightly different output formats, and this command exists only +for backward compatibility to support existing scripts, and provide a more +familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems. OPTIONS ------- |