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[PATCH] Add .git-blame-ignore-revs file

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Message #76 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 43117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com,
 leungbk <at> mailfence.com, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#43117: [PATCH] Add .git-blame-ignore-revs file
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:07:40 -0600

tags 43117 + wontfix
close 43117
thanks

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>>> For example, if a commit fixed a typo in a doc string, I'd much rather
>>>> see the commit that added that text than the one that fixed the typo.
>>
>> I think I'd want commits like that included in git blame...
>>
>>> In short, the more I think about this feature, the less it makes sense
>>> to me to use it in our project.  It's probably fine for a
>>> single-developer projects, where the preferences are never in
>>> conflict.  But ours is a very different project.
>>
>> If Emacs was a project that did extensive "janitorial" fixups, then it
>> might make more sense.  For instance, if we were to fix all whitespace
>> to be consistent, then having a way to ignore that would be nice.  But
>> we don't, so I'm not sure adding a .git-blame-ignore-revs file helps us
>> much.
>>
>> The only thing I'd want to use such a file for would be for things that
>> really are 100% non-functional: Whitespace changes and spelling fixes
>> for comments.
>>
>> So I don't think such a file would help the Emacs project.
>
> You both make good points.
>
> I guess the logical conclusion here is to close this bug as wontfix.

No further comments within 20 weeks, so I'm closing this as wontfix.

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