From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Finding the culprit (was: Please stop making extra unnecessary work for us all) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:16:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11321"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Stefan Kangas , Emacs developers To: Campbell Barton Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 12 18:19:26 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1maKUw-0002lo-HQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:19:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45064 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maKUu-0004qr-N1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:19:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33084) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maKSw-0002jf-0g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:17:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:13254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1maKSs-0003wS-SC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:17:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 7462710038B; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:17:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 31B16100134; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:17:14 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1634055434; bh=h+l4kvesnWlZvpaX+hCSTw+zL/MfQUOwrJuKn+y6ptk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=EQJh1QvPsSQqVAjhpR59NZQhqwUWRt5o6hJXWEneHwXnMZ5Eb65subCRAJrg0S8Jq h1ruFtTv74/WCp3yaCAdCnaI80SmW5YC8AaHcCVd4KBZ+XnGpHORN4OMIkNInELivG nmqB3+BIglmN7ZaQkTMu39lV0y+Rbg5oLc2JkeJH0DMZDtiU7k1LgSzb5hNZ84SXOo eIvQVp5S/Vc3pyD1iVRWo8Ds8egKxwxw1ODU8k496RRCZH/Woo45lumBRGDK7V5mL5 yPFUgM8GIp/btpkqEGk1ynt1ZCIxT24Ofzvawmm7OqFbUJ4bBGopNmVOgjoSTPU9Jk J9dSdIFuXp64Q== Original-Received: from alfajor (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 227BF120186; Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:17:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Campbell Barton's message of "Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:55:31 +1100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:276812 Archived-At: >> And like pure WS changes, they mess up git blame, they make searches in >> history more difficult. In some instances they introduce solecisms in >> English usage. > You can use ".git-blame-ignore-revs" to exclude white-space only changes. FWIW, I find `vc-region-history` works much better than `git blame` (aka `vc-annotate`) when I want to know where code comes from. This is true both with and without "gratuitous" changes. Stefan