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Q&A How to keep git blame ignored commits up to date?

When I make a separate commit for code cleanup / style changes, I can suppress that commit from git blame so that I can follow a file's history easily without getting distracted by pure style chang...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by HeavyRain‭  ·  last activity 6d ago by Alexei‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Alexis Wilke‭ · 2024-11-27T05:07:58Z (about 1 month ago)
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How to keep git blame ignored commits up to date?
  • When I make a separate commit for code cleanup / style changes, I can suppress that commit from `git blame` so that I can follow a file's history easily without getting distracted bu pure style changes. I do that by putting the cleanup commit's hash in a file and tell git to ignore those commits for blaming purposes:
  • ```sh
  • echo $the_full_hash >> .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • ```
  • But at the time I make my cleanup commit, I don't have the hash yet, so I need an extra commit to update `.git-blame-ignore-revs`. I'd rather have that in the same commit.
  • Even if I can get the hash of my current working copy changes, adding that hash to `.git-blame-ignore-revs` would modify what I am committing, resulting in a different hash, as `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is also checked in.
  • On top of that, if I make 2 commits and then use github's PR squashing merge, my hash in `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is wrong as only the squashed commit makes it into git, not the individual ones.
  • How do people keep their `.git-blame-ignore-revs` up to date? Is there a better way than 2 commits?
  • When I make a separate commit for code cleanup / style changes, I can suppress that commit from `git blame` so that I can follow a file's history easily without getting distracted by pure style changes. I do that by putting the cleanup commit's hash in a file and tell git to ignore those commits for blaming purposes:
  • ```sh
  • echo $the_full_hash >> .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • ```
  • But at the time I make my cleanup commit, I don't have the hash yet, so I need an extra commit to update `.git-blame-ignore-revs`. I'd rather have that in the same commit.
  • Even if I can get the hash of my current working copy changes, adding that hash to `.git-blame-ignore-revs` would modify what I am committing, resulting in a different hash, as `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is also checked in.
  • On top of that, if I make 2 commits and then use github's PR squashing merge, my hash in `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is wrong as only the squashed commit makes it into git, not the individual ones.
  • How do people keep their `.git-blame-ignore-revs` up to date? Is there a better way than 2 commits?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar HeavyRain‭ · 2024-11-26T18:44:31Z (about 1 month ago)
How to keep git blame ignored commits up to date?
When I make a separate commit for code cleanup / style changes, I can suppress that commit from `git blame` so that I can follow a file's history easily without getting distracted bu pure style changes. I do that by putting the cleanup commit's hash in a file and tell git to ignore those commits for blaming purposes:

```sh
echo $the_full_hash >> .git-blame-ignore-revs 
git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
```

But at the time I make my cleanup commit, I don't have the hash yet, so I need an extra commit to update `.git-blame-ignore-revs`. I'd rather have that in the same commit.

Even if I can get the hash of my current working copy changes, adding that hash to `.git-blame-ignore-revs` would modify what I am committing, resulting in a different hash, as `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is also checked in.

On top of that, if I make 2 commits and then use github's PR squashing merge, my hash in `.git-blame-ignore-revs` is wrong as only the squashed commit makes it into git, not the individual ones.

How do people keep their `.git-blame-ignore-revs` up to date? Is there a better way than 2 commits?
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