From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124591F990 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 00:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728067AbgHEATB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:19:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35080 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726925AbgHEATA (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:19:00 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-x232.google.com (mail-lj1-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::232]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81EB5C06174A for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 17:19:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-x232.google.com with SMTP id w25so10183119ljo.12 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:19:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ba9TW4zuagjRa3TOwQ2uJyxheUyPiKWhRH8DDS+bsbc=; b=CFBvT12jWHpBs3WAdeFMUaJvPCLEOcAWtHj9M4XgxIsCtNU2rgmCxVKwlHHLqtx0IH XqCLSIQ1e6+mPLVLnYJayf8rnbbAmHfz5EOpd/wGvVwFT0pbyxylRTNbRaRklcuamL4C uQdNXvuaLCDLrKDIEABr4+x4VA4TEZrlzZLvexptJItdRvq1cmBDDyyG2fhY3F/5N/nl w2SP+I8/MPlgbwKptPcUdWjAbAsbQyVHiaoVenMOpU6DBV892pgoijPxGjbq9w6V3mv5 gNbzoKNLxGF3/hUo18IZy2lZwiqbcvRcNCSl3h6d01eUzqNO6ZX4uaQDunxqfnfEHcz8 EXzg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ba9TW4zuagjRa3TOwQ2uJyxheUyPiKWhRH8DDS+bsbc=; b=VaQ402aQB/DEbQfMkUuTUievB9yvOyUCenOPWiTUTTKDyRG9a1+mf/aUSa72HfQMPE bsVsy2UGAwMb24dhElu8q1X45nB0fjwiZPdhP30NcW6FIAzkWZtI71SFvfZHhe9/rz/w 9BS3oqQzPv6hzXezjdpAh2c8lFvdZ44QS8FbDEEgsj6Jq0sjd/rF8Mf+dGsVIm2yZQ4l qNKEB4MrizWO/X0ZrLgev1nk62icaN3689P8wVjGKiBok08BvUB0Cu7cNbZ1Ohpw2w7f BHlzVxoXObdcCvHLTmOIbtWJlBtCakxF0i/J8jeSAStqc3iOV/juBf8k2QVfRMN/u7Fe uulg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531kxFV716ShpsHPl0487uxTrZBFI6P1PGoafQTnNi1pWOvfQh0D F89GHRHbgsbHWxMVlmT3MeM4//dfGtVcP1AxaoSlvXYw X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwXMOnuAFBBbL9l5/8WAeMtSMg/pU/o++Ozy2MH6rU40TGjukoy24S7KgEkH2w3DmSgVhWjFhrh6jt7yUq/2eI= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:9946:: with SMTP id r6mr151221ljj.127.1596586738145; Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:18:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?UTF-8?B?16DXotedINeh15XXnNeV15HXmdemJ9eZ16c=?= Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 03:18:43 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Why is AuthorDate displayed on git-blame? To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hey everybody, I wonder about the decision behind git-blame and git-annotate date that is being shown. If I understand correctly, the AuthorDate is displayed, and I'd like to challenge that decision. Consider the following case: A feature branch having commits authored last week, but merged to the main branch just today. And to the sake of discussion, let's say that the branch has a bug. When someone encounters the bug on the main branch, he would probably want to know when it was introduced - the date when the bug started to affect him. However, git-blame only shows him when the bug was originally authored, in our case - *last-week*, which is confusing since the main branch was working just fine back then. So I wonder why was AuthorDate the date chosen to be displayed under git-blame?