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@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
[-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
[--ignore-rev <rev>] [--ignore-revs-file <file>]
- [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>]
- [--] <file>
+ [--color-lines] [--color-by-age] [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>]
+ [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>] [--] <file>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ include::blame-options.txt[]
is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit.
+THE DEFAULT FORMAT
+------------------
+
+When neither `--porcelain` nor `--incremental` option is specified,
+`git blame` will output annotation for each line with:
+
+- abbreviated object name for the commit the line came from;
+- author ident (by default author name and date, unless `-s` or `-e`
+ is specified); and
+- line number
+
+before the line contents.
+
THE PORCELAIN FORMAT
--------------------