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“git blame”, is what I usually reach for

• AstralStorm 8y ago
  Its politically correct name is git annotate. ;)
  • js2 8y ago
    I don't think PC had anything to do with it. Git blame and annotate were added at the same time, have slightly different output, and different provenances[1,2]. The differing names are because the commands were inspired from prior VCSs that had different names for the commands. Also, from the git annotate man page[3]: The only difference between this command and git-blame is that they use slightly different output formats, and this command exists only for backward compatibility to support existing scripts, and provide a more familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems. [1] https://github.com/git/git/commit/cbfb73d73f272f194bafa70d5be1f35abc265c79 https://github.com/git/git/commit/cbfb73d73f272f194bafa70d5b... [2] https://github.com/git/git/commit/c65e898754ef68a5520b2791890dda51753d00c6 https://github.com/git/git/commit/c65e898754ef68a5520b279189... [3]https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-annotate https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-annotate