Re: Feature request: automatically read .git-blame-ignore-revs or allow global optional config

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: May 1, 2025, 18:28 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQUycUyto6=cDadaCahzDBQ_GDngAEEtK0bshLr15ok8g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CBXqZ76iovr6JQq439RTOR6E+B2sivKWEEFtBXMj2EZXQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM Michael Grosser
> > <grosser.michael@gmail.com> wrote:>
> > > so please make it either the default for `git blame` to check that file,
> > > or add a "blame: ignoreMissingFile: true" option so I an set
> >
> > Relevant threads:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1947.git.git.1745088194384.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#u
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/20241014204427.1712182-1-gitster@pobox.com/T/#u
>
> Did that second set of patches ever go anywhere? It seems similar to
> what Junio proposed in the first linked thread and possibly worth
> resurrecting. (A log --grep :(optional) didn't find anything.)

The patches Junio submitted[1] did not go anywhere. The topic sat in his tree for several "What's Cooking" reports and then he dropped it because it received no response from reviewers[2]. I agree that it could be a useful enhancement if resurrected.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20241014204427.1712182-1-gitster@pobox.com/T/#u [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cT1BNXRotrz=rnVgvhQjZZwYgsAOQMonHFFTPfK-C0LOQ@mail.gmail.com/