Documentation/blame-options.txt

   1 -b::
   2         Show blank SHA-1 for boundary commits.  This can also
   3         be controlled via the `blame.blankboundary` config option.
   4
   5 --root::
   6         Do not treat root commits as boundaries.  This can also be
   7         controlled via the `blame.showroot` config option.
   8
   9 --show-stats::
  10         Include additional statistics at the end of blame output.
  11
  12 -L <start>,<end>::
  13         Annotate only the given line range.  <start> and <end> can take
  14         one of these forms:
  15
  16         - number
  17 +
  18 If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
  19 absolute line number (lines count from 1).
  20 +
  21
  22 - /regex/
  23 +
  24 This form will use the first line matching the given
  25 POSIX regex.  If <end> is a regex, it will search
  26 starting at the line given by <start>.
  27 +
  28
  29 - +offset or -offset
  30 +
  31 This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
  32 of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
  33 +
  34
  35 -l::
  36         Show long rev (Default: off).
  37
  38 -t::
  39         Show raw timestamp (Default: off).
  40
  41 -S <revs-file>::
  42         Use revs from revs-file instead of calling linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
  43
  44 -p::
  45 --porcelain::
  46         Show in a format designed for machine consumption.
  47
  48 --incremental::
  49         Show the result incrementally in a format designed for
  50         machine consumption.
  51
  52 --encoding=<encoding>::
  53         Specifies the encoding used to output author names
  54         and commit summaries. Setting it to `none` makes blame
  55         output unconverted data. For more information see the
  56         discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1]
  57         manual page.
  58
  59 --contents <file>::
  60         When <rev> is not specified, the command annotates the
  61         changes starting backwards from the working tree copy.
  62         This flag makes the command pretend as if the working
  63         tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify
  64         `-` to make the command read from the standard input).
  65
  66 -M|<num>|::
  67         Detect moving lines in the file as well.  When a commit
  68         moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file
  69         has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and
  70         then A), traditional 'blame' algorithm typically blames
  71         the lines that were moved up (i.e. B) to the parent and
  72         assigns blame to the lines that were moved down (i.e. A)
  73         to the child commit.  With this option, both groups of lines
  74         are blamed on the parent.
  75 +
  76 <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
  77 alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
  78 within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
  79 commit.
  80
  81 -C|<num>|::
  82         In addition to `-M`, detect lines copied from other
  83         files that were modified in the same commit.  This is
  84         useful when you reorganize your program and move code
  85         around across files.  When this option is given twice,
  86         the command looks for copies from all other files in the
  87         parent for the commit that creates the file in addition.
  88 +
  89 <num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
  90 alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
  91 between files for it to associate those lines with the parent
  92 commit.
  93
  94 -h::
  95 --help::
  96         Show help message.