From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: git-gui blame: show previous commit Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:40:34 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <87myxfzhk6.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Florian Weimer X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jul 29 13:40:55 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IF78o-0004D3-4z for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:40:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761544AbXG2Lkv (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:40:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761479AbXG2Lkv (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:40:51 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:56084 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1761478AbXG2Lkv (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:40:51 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 29 Jul 2007 11:40:49 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO openvpn-client) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp041) with SMTP; 29 Jul 2007 13:40:49 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/TJK87VBjTtPIRZdbuFkD2Wn2yZM1tVLq3euvzca SnfjRwhOZU4dMs X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <87myxfzhk6.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Florian Weimer wrote: > How can I view the previous commit touching a specific line, so that I > can see what was there before? For instance, the change could be > whitespace-only, so that I want to dig deeper. If you want to ignore whitespace changes, try the option "-w" to "git blame". I have no idea if "git-gui blame" can use that option, but it should not be hard for you to find out, and provide a patch if it does not yet. Hth, Dscho