From e5dce96e9e26f8e30291c79fa5647313c64b2150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:09:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] git blame: document that it always follows origin across whole-file renames Make it clear to people who (rightly or wrongly) think that the "--follow" option should follow origin across while-file renames that we already do so. That would explain the output that they see when they do give the "--follow" option to the command. We may or may not want to do a "--no-follow" patch as a follow-up, but that is a separate topic. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-blame.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) 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. -- 2.11.4.GIT