As of 730ae86 (Rename prepare_io to prepare_update and make it more specialized, 2011-03-16), "tig blame" finds no actual blamed commits. The problem seems to be that prepare_update switched from calling format_argv to argv_copy, and we end up calling "git blame %(blameargs)" without "%(blameargs)" expanded. Blame looks like the only caller which actually uses a placeholder, so it is the only one broken. The patch below fixes it for me, but it seems like a hack. I'm not really sure why the switch in prepare_update was made; clearly it is part of some refactoring, but I'm not sure what your larger plans were. --- diff --git a/tig.c b/tig.c index c1e5270..9ef61d3 100644 --- a/tig.c +++ b/tig.c @@ -4240,15 +4240,20 @@ blame_read_file(struct view *view, const char *line, bool *read_file) "git", "blame", "%(blameargs)", "--incremental", *opt_ref ? opt_ref : "--incremental", "--", opt_file, NULL }; + const char **formatted_argv = NULL; + + format_argv(&formatted_argv, blame_argv, FALSE, !view->prev); if (view->lines == 0 && !view->prev) die("No blame exist for %s", view->vid); - if (view->lines == 0 || !start_update(view, blame_argv, opt_cdup)) { + if (view->lines == 0 || !start_update(view, formatted_argv, opt_cdup)) { report("Failed to load blame data"); + argv_free(formatted_argv); return TRUE; } + argv_free(formatted_argv); *read_file = FALSE; return FALSE; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html