Git Blame Alternatives
Discussions revolve around Git blame and similar tools like gitk, git-peek, and GitLens for inspecting code changes, commit history, and understanding past modifications in repositories.
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You know that 'git blame' exists?
gitk already does that, doesn't it?
You might find git-peek useful:https://github.com/jarred-sumner/git-peek
Gitlens extension in vscode is quite good for this as well
git blame so the developer can remember why they did something 15 years ago.
Not clear how this is better than a glance at the commit history.
Sounds like a plain-language version of "git blame"!
Git blame is helpful here. See e.g.https://github.com/git/git/commit/1b11b64b815db62f93a04242e4...
Because comments can be tedious and get out of sync with the repo. Why not check the git history? I wish more repos could be like this!
Git blame can be very embarassing....