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blame: respect .git-blame-ignore-revs automatically #1809

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  1. blame: respect .git-blame-ignore-revs automatically 

    git-blame(1) can ignore a list of commits with `--ignore-revs-file`.
This is useful for marking uninteresting commits like formatting
changes, refactors and whatever else should not be “blamed”.  Some
projects even version control this file so that all contributors can
use it; the conventional name is `.git-blame-ignore-revs`.

But each user still has to opt-in to the standard ignore list,
either with this option or with the config `blame.ignoreRevsFile`.
Let’s teach git-blame(1) to respect this conventional file in order
to streamline the process.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeetsingh Meena <[email protected]>
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  2. blame: introduce --override-ignore-revs to bypass ignore revisions list 

    The git blame command can ignore a list of revisions specified either
through the --ignore-revs-file option or the blame.ignoreRevsFile
configuration. This feature is useful for excluding irrelevant
commits, such as formatting changes or large refactors, from blame
annotations.

However, users may encounter cases where they need to
temporarily override these configurations to inspect all commits,
even those excluded by the ignore list. Currently, there is no
simple way to bypass all ignore revisions settings in one go.

This patch introduces the --override-ignore-revs option (or -O),
which allows users to easily bypass the --ignore-revs-file
option, --ignore-rev option and the blame.ignoreRevsFile
configuration. When this option is used, git blame will completely
disregard all configured ignore revisions lists.

The motivation behind this feature is to provide users with more
flexibility when dealing with large codebases that rely on
.git-blame-ignore-revs files for shared configurations, while
still allowing them to disable the ignore list when necessary
for troubleshooting or deeper inspections.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeetsingh Meena <[email protected]>
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    Ethan0456 committed Oct 11, 2024
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