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=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, 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 527DF1FA04 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 21:58:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730054AbgEYV6C (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2020 17:58:02 -0400 Received: from smtp-out-6.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.70]:5452 "EHLO smtp-out-6.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726937AbgEYV6B (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 May 2020 17:58:01 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([89.243.191.101]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id dL6djC8oOIndsdL6djhPZm; Mon, 25 May 2020 22:58:00 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [89.243.191.101] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.3 cv=QYIYQfTv c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=5KGm1Kp77X3djDixdaHiLg==:117 a=5KGm1Kp77X3djDixdaHiLg==:17 a=MKtGQD3n3ToA:10 a=1oJP67jkp3AA:10 a=ldyaYNNxDcoA:10 a=ZZnuYtJkoWoA:10 a=8Dr0WGqUcui4J2EvmecA:9 a=pHzHmUro8NiASowvMSCR:22 a=Ew2E2A-JSTLzCXPT_086:22 From: Philip Oakley To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 1/4] doc: blame: show the boundary commit '^' caret mark Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 22:57:48 +0100 Message-Id: <20200525215751.1735-2-philipoakley@iee.email> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.26.2.windows.1.13.g9dddff6983 In-Reply-To: <20200525215751.1735-1-philipoakley@iee.email> References: <20200525215751.1735-1-philipoakley@iee.email> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfIegZ2fgzUsizcTil/8DQ9rxdXgn30ulXqPed8sdVaX5AGlnLCLsAxoyfzuPPPTlx0QnZ+VfjWe06qkWsio26m2cwdRq1DFDY9hya0+lP8KkZP5uZlJY cYpzWw5KCkMFrT+6RxZhFdYX3Cv3+fQj0KgwR48YoedDizgTnUZhy6rbrMeqAJhVR6vKAdQDCEb9EA== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Make the boundary commits' ^ caret findable in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley --- Documentation/git-blame.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt index 7e81541996..02f9ad6fe9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ include::blame-options.txt[] --abbrev=:: Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the - abbreviated object name, use +1 digits. Note that 1 column - is used for a caret to mark the boundary commit. + abbreviated commit object name, use +1 digits. Note that 1 column + is used for a caret (`^`) to mark boundary commits. THE PORCELAIN FORMAT @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ When revision range specifiers are used to limit the annotation, lines that have not changed since the range boundary (either the commit v2.6.18 or the most recent commit that is more than 3 weeks old in the above example) are blamed for that range -boundary commit. +boundary commit (preceded by `^` if shown). A particularly useful way is to see if an added file has lines created by copy-and-paste from existing files. Sometimes this -- 2.26.2.windows.1.13.g9dddff6983