From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 18:30:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Selectively show only blamed limes
Message-ID: <xmqq4krz52vb.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200528164533.GA1223132@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:24:54AM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
>
>> > I'm not convinced this is a useful thing to do in general. Lines don't
>> > always stand on their own, and you'd lack context for deciphering them.
>> > So a real example from "git blame -b --since=1.year.ago Makefile", for
>> > example (pardon the long lines):
>> 
>> My contention is that there is a lot of effort needed _beforehand_ to
>> reach that point. We've already had to page down 2700 line to get there,
>> and then had to carefully select the differing before and after context
>> lines.
>
> I think:
>
>   git blame -b --since=1.year.ago ... | less "+/^[^ ]"
>
> works pretty well to get you to the right spot, with context (and then
> "/<enter>" within less takes you to the next line).

Yup.  I think this is mostly about knowing how to use the tools that
already exist.  I am not interested in this new "feature", either.

Thanks.