Paul Mackerras schrieb:
> Alexander Gavrilov writes:
>
>> Add a new item to the file list popup menu, that
>> calls git gui blame for the selected file, starting
>> with the first parent of the current commit.
>
> Also applied, also with some edits to the description.
>
>> + $flist_menu add command -label [mc "Blame parent commit"] \
>> + -command {external_blame 1}
>
> Why the parent commit rather than the current commit?
For the lines that the current commit *adds*, you know who is to blame
(the current commit). Once you know that, you are usually interested in
who is to blame for the lines that the current commit *removed*. To get
this information, you must "Blame the parent commit".
-- Hannes
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