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diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 7ee923629e..e44173f66a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ last modified the line. Optionally, start annotating from the given revision. The command can also limit the range of lines annotated. +The origin of lines is automatically followed across whole-file +renames (currently there is no option to turn the rename-following +off). To follow lines moved from one file to another, or to follow +lines that were copied and pasted from another file, etc., see the +`-C` and `-M` options. + The report does not tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or replaced; you need to use a tool such as 'git diff' or the "pickaxe" interface briefly mentioned in the following paragraph. |