From: Edmundo Carmona Antoranz Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:07:17 GMT Subject: [PATCH v1] blame: avoid checking if a file exists on the working tree if a revision is provided Message-ID: <1447722437-14937-1-git-send-email-eantoranz@gmail.com> If a file has been deleted/renamed, blame refused to display blame content even if the path provided does match an existing blob on said revision. $ git status On branch hide Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add/rm ..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- ..." to discard changes in working directory) deleted: testfile1.txt no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Before: $ git blame testfile1.txt fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory $ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory After: $ git blame testfile1.txt fatal: Cannot lstat 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory $ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD ^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 1) testfile 2 ^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 2) ^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 3) Some content Signed-off-by: Edmundo Carmona Antoranz --- builtin/blame.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c index 83612f5..db430d5 100644 --- a/builtin/blame.c +++ b/builtin/blame.c @@ -2683,8 +2683,6 @@ parse_done: argv[argc - 1] = "--"; setup_work_tree(); - if (!file_exists(path)) - die_errno("cannot stat path '%s'", path); } revs.disable_stdin = 1; -- 2.6.2