tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify
`-` to make the command read from the standard input).
+--date <format>::
+ The value is one of the following alternatives:
+ {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}. If --date is not
+ provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is
+ used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the
+ iso format is used. For more information, See the discussion
+ of the --date option at linkgit:git-log[1].
+
-M|<num>|::
- Detect moving lines in the file as well. When a commit
- moves a block of lines in a file (e.g. the original file
- has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and
- then A), the traditional 'blame' algorithm typically blames
- the lines that were moved up (i.e. B) to the parent and
- assigns blame to the lines that were moved down (i.e. A)
- to the child commit. With this option, both groups of lines
- are blamed on the parent.
+ Detect moved or copied lines within a file. When a commit
+ moves or copies a block of lines (e.g. the original file
+ has A and then B, and the commit changes it to B and then
+ A), the traditional 'blame' algorithm notices only half of
+ the movement and typically blames the lines that were moved
+ up (i.e. B) to the parent and assigns blame to the lines that
+ were moved down (i.e. A) to the child commit. With this
+ option, both groups of lines are blamed on the parent by
+ running extra passes of inspection.
+
<num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
-alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
+alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying
within a file for it to associate those lines with the parent
-commit.
+commit. The default value is 20.
-C|<num>|::
- In addition to `-M`, detect lines copied from other
+ In addition to `-M`, detect lines moved or copied from other
files that were modified in the same commit. This is
useful when you reorganize your program and move code
around across files. When this option is given twice,
- the command additionally looks for copies from all other
- files in the parent for the commit that creates the file.
+ the command additionally looks for copies from other
+ files in the commit that creates the file. When this
+ option is given three times, the command additionally
+ looks for copies from other files in any commit.
+
<num> is optional but it is the lower bound on the number of
-alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving
+alphanumeric characters that git must detect as moving/copying
between files for it to associate those lines with the parent
-commit.
+commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one
+`-C` options given, the <num> argument of the last `-C` will
+take effect.
-h::
--help::