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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Changing indents
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 09:30:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Andrew Keller <andrew@kellerfarm.com> writes:

> Is it possible to change the indent of a line (or multiple lines)
> without rewriting the whole line?  Or, more specifically, can a
> commit exist that modifies the leading whitespace of a line but
> still allows you to trace the origin of the line to a previous
> commit?

Whatever for?  Use "git blame -w <file>" (ignore whitespace).

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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