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blame -C: adding a line in moved content sometimes affect blame result

From
Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 8, 2011, 05:09 UTC
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I've attached a script for illustration.

After moving content from file1 to file2, "git blame -C file2" correctly shows that the content came from file1. However, if I add a line in near the top or bottom of the moved content in file2, "git blame -C file2" fails to detect that the top or bottom of the moved contents came from file1. I looked around in blame.c, and this feels like a boundary case somewhere inside find_copy_in_blob? Any clues?

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