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Bug 576693 - gitg should have a blame mode
gitg should have a blame mode
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gitg
Classification: Applications
Component: gui
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gitg-maint
gitg-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-25 10:02 UTC by jessevdk@gmail.com
Modified: 2011-07-25 21:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description jessevdk@gmail.com 2009-03-25 10:02:16 UTC
The way most blame modes work is that they annotate the entire file up from front and puts the commiter name, hash, data for each line side by side with the file contents which requires a very wide display and is often not helpful anyway. 

Instead, I think a mode where you have the file in one pane above another pane that shows the commit msg and the diff would work better. Sort-of like the default gitg arrangement, but with a file view in the top pane instead of revision history. As you move the cursor up and down in the file, the lower pane updates the commit to display the commit that last touched the line the cursor is on.
Comment 1 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2011-07-22 14:10:01 UTC
Better than something like this? http://gitx.laullon.com/blame.png
Comment 2 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2011-07-25 21:29:08 UTC
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.