From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Benjamin Rutt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: C-x v g going further back in time? Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:45:56 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073606968 28008 80.91.224.253 (9 Jan 2004 00:09:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 00:09:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 09 01:09:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AekDM-0003FA-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:09:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AejE3-0006iK-H8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:06:03 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: mu.cis.ohio-state.edu Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pOJXJCiWvAH2Gthhl8x07P/Yemc= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119886 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15834 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15834 I love C-x v g in a file managed by CVS, I can see exactly which user finalized which line of the file, and on which date. This is invaluable for answering the question of who to ask about different lines of code. However, sometimes that's not enough to find out who put that line of code there originally, as sometimes people make whitespace changes, yet C-x v g only shows the last committer of a line so sometimes the "whitespace changer" is not the "true author" of that line. Is there any way to go back in time to see who committed a given line earlier in time? -- Benjamin