diff --git a/usage/blame.en-us.md b/usage/blame.en-us.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7772bbc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/usage/blame.en-us.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +date: "2023-08-14T00:00:00+00:00" +title: "Blame File View" +slug: "blame" +sidebar_position: 13 +toc: false +draft: false +aliases: + - /en-us/blame +menu: + sidebar: + parent: "usage" + name: "Blame" + sidebar_position: 13 + identifier: "blame" +--- + +# Blame File View + +Gitea supports viewing the line-by-line revision history for a file also known as blame view. +You can also use [`git blame`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame) on the command line to view the revision history of lines within a file. + +1. Navigate to and open the file whose line history you want to view. +1. Click the `Blame` button in the file header bar. +1. The new view shows the line-by-line revision history for a file with author and commit information on the left side. +1. To navigate to an older commit, click the ![versions](/octicon-versions.svg) icon. + +## Ignore commits in the blame view + +All revisions specified in the `.git-blame-ignore-revs` file are hidden from the blame view. +This is especially useful to hide reformatting changes and keep the benefits of `git blame`. +Lines that were changed or added by an ignored commit will be blamed on the previous commit that changed that line or nearby lines. +The `.git-blame-ignore-revs` file must be located in the root directory of the repository. +For more information like the file format, see [the `git blame --ignore-revs-file` documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt---ignore-revs-fileltfilegt). + +### Bypassing `.git-blame-ignore-revs` in the blame view + +If the blame view for a file shows a message about ignored revisions, you can see the normal blame view by appending the url parameter `?bypass-blame-ignore=true`.