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Re:On Comments in Code by teknopaul on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @03:42PM (#27520485)
Having said that you can spot bad code by its JavaDocs.

The most reliable Javadoc is @author, git tells you the author, @author tells you who the code was copy/pasted from.

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Re:On Comments in Code by azemetre on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:45PM (#27523549)
Is this different from git blame or does @author take the info from git blame for you?
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