Blaming

Syntax

git blame [filename]
git blame [-f][-e][-w] [filename]
git blame [-L range] [filename]

Parameters

Parameter | Details | —— | —— | filename | Name of the file for which details need to be checked |

|-f|Show the file name in the origin commit| |-e|Show the author email instead of author name| |-w|Ignore white spaces while making a comparison between child and parent’s version | |-L start,end|Show only the given line range Example: git blame -L 1,2 [filename]| | –show-stats | Shows additional statistics at end of blame output | | -l | Show long rev (Default: off) | | -t | Show raw timestamp (Default: off) | | -reverse | Walk history forward instead of backward | | -p, –porcelain | Output for machine consumption | | -M | Detect moved or copied lines within a file | | -C | In addition to -M, detect lines moved or copied from other files that were modified in the same commit | | -h | Show the help message | | -c | Use the same output mode as git-annotate (Default: off) | | -n | Show the line number in the original commit (Default: off) |

Remarks

The git blame command is very useful when it comes to know who has made changes to a file on a per line base.

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