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Does Git now have any C struct version history tracking mechanism?

From
Zhan Jianyu <nasa4836@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 18, 2013, 10:33 UTC
Message-ID
<CAHz2CGW_xR4Q193h2itCELdXEpoAxetj324ATstALHM03cSvFg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi, all.
* Background
  Such a requirement came into my mind when I am tracking a gloomy C
struct , with lengthy list of elements which are either elaborated or
opaque. So I use git blame to track it down and found that its
original version is quite simple and intuitive. So I think I could
just slice out every snapshot of this struct, reading every changelog
, to get a better knowledge of what it is and why it should be like
this.

It seems quite helpful but the process is quite cumbersome. So I wonder if there is already some mechanism fulfilling my requirement in Git. If it doesn't, would it be worthy adding one ?

Thanks
--

Regards, Zhan Jianyu

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  1. Zhan JianyuAug 18, 2013
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  3. Thomas RastAug 19, 2013
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