Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by war1025 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @12:28AM
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`git log -p` is vastly superior to `git blame` for determining why a file is the way it is.
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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by eru on Saturday June 08, 2019 @11:24AM
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That gives you all the history (or all the history of a file).
Git blame quickly gives you the commits you are likely interested in, then you can use them as a starting point for your git log digging.