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git-gui blame: show previous commit

From
FWFlorian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date
Jul 29, 2007, 09:26 UTC
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<87myxfzhk6.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>

How can I view the previous commit touching a specific line, so that I can see what was there before? For instance, the change could be whitespace-only, so that I want to dig deeper.

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  1. Florian WeimerJul 29, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceJul 30, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 29, 2007

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