I have a repo that reproduces a behavior with `git blame --reverse` that surprises me. https://github.com/nicksnyder/git-blame-bug The readme explains the observed behavior and what I expected to happen. I will inline the readme at the bottom of this message for convenience. Am I misunderstanding --reverse or is this a bug? Thanks! Nick $ git --version git version 2.15.0 Blame of L465 in Tree.tsx at HEAD (ca0fb5) points to L463 at 199ee7 $ git blame -p -L465,465 Tree.tsx 199ee75d1240ae72cd965f62aceeb301ab64e1bd 463 465 1 filename Tree.tsx public shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: TileProps): boolean { EXPECTED: Reverse blame of L463 at 199ee7 points to L465 at the lastest commit in the repo (at least ca0fb5). ACTUAL: Reverse blame of L463 at 199ee7 points to L463 at 199ee7. $ git blame -p -L463,463 --reverse 199ee7.. Tree.tsx 199ee75d1240ae72cd965f62aceeb301ab64e1bd 463 463 1 boundary previous ca0fb5a2d61cb16909bcb06f49dd5448a26f32b1 Tree.tsx filename Tree.tsx public shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: TileProps): boolean { The line in question is in the diff (git diff 199ee7..ca0fb5), but that particular line is neither added nor deleted, so I don't know why blame would think it is deleted. Relevant hunk in diff: @@ -452,28 +462,17 @@ export class LayerTile extends React.Component<TileProps, {}> { } } - public validTokenRange(props: TileProps): boolean { - if (props.selectedPath === '') { - return true - } - const token = props.selectedPath.split('/').pop()! - return token >= this.first && token <= this.last - } - public shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: TileProps): boolean { - const lastValid = this.validTokenRange(this.props) - const nextValid = this.validTokenRange(nextProps) - if (!lastValid && !nextValid) { - // short circuit - return false + if (isEqualOrAncestor(this.props.selectedDir, this.props.currSubpath)) { + return true } - if (isEqualOrAncestor(this.props.selectedDir, this.props.currSubpath) && lastValid) { + if (nextProps.selectedDir === nextProps.currSubpath) { return true } - if (nextProps.selectedDir === nextProps.currSubpath && this.validTokenRange(nextProps)) { + if (getParentDir(nextProps.selectedDir) === nextProps.currSubpath) { return true } - if (getParentDir(nextProps.selectedDir) === nextProps.currSubpath && this.validTokenRange(nextProps)) { + if (!isEqual(nextProps.pathSplits, this.props.pathSplits)) { return true } return false