Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] Fuzzy blame

>
> > Another good place to keep these revs is git-notes,
> > which probably could result in faster lookups too and can be made
> > visible in git-log.
>
> Oh wow, I really like this. A major concern I had about the revisions
> file was that you don't know what a revision ID will be until it's
> upstream. If you can specify *in the commit message itself* what
> options should apply to git blame for that revision then that problem
> is solved. And if you change your mind later, or want to ignore a
> pre-existing revision then git-notes solves that problem.
>
> So I'm thinking you just have a commit message like this:
> "
> Make all function names snake_case
> git-blame-ignore: fuzzy
> "
> And users who have blame.ignoreRevs set will have the -F/--fuzzy
> option applied to that commit.

> > But that's in addition to --ignoreRevsFile, not replacing it.
>
> I disagree. ignoreRevsFile has the major problem that the file will
> need updating every time you rebase a commit to be ignored, and you'll
> need to remember to edit it for cherry picks. Let's not have that
> option as I think it will add unhelpful complexity.