If a file has been deleted/renamed, blame refused to display
blame content even if the path provided does match an existing
blob on said revision.
$ git status
On branch hide
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
deleted: testfile1.txt
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
Before:
$ git blame testfile1.txt
fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory
$ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD
fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory
After:
$ git blame testfile1.txt
fatal: Cannot lstat 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory
$ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 1) testfile 2
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 2)
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 3) Some content
Signed-off-by: Edmundo Carmona Antoranz <eantoranz@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/blame.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 83612f5..db430d5 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2683,8 +2683,6 @@ parse_done:
argv[argc - 1] = "--";
setup_work_tree();
- if (!file_exists(path))
- die_errno("cannot stat path '%s'", path);
}
revs.disable_stdin = 1;
--
2.6.2
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