bug#43117: [PATCH] Add .git-blame-ignore-revs file

[Brian Leung]

> I don't think these purely
> stylistic rewrites are a good idea, as it means that "git blame" and
> vc-region-history gets less useful, and applying older patches fails
> more often.

OK, I won't submit that commit then. The other commit I had introduced a 
.git-blame-ignore-revs file, which allows certain commits to be ignored during 
git-blame sessions. I've modified that commit accordingly and attached. Would 
that be of use?

My FSF papers are attached.

> ----------------------------------------
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Sent: Sun Sep 13 19:57:25 CEST 2020
> To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: Brian Leung <leungbk@mailfence.com>, <rpluim@gmail.com>, 
> <dgutov@yandex.ru>, <43117@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: bug#43117: [PATCH] Add .git-blame-ignore-revs file
> 
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Is it just me? do others think such changes are a good idea?
> 
> I hate one-form-`if' more than anybody, but I don't think these purely
> stylistic rewrites are a good idea, as it means that "git blame" and
> vc-region-history gets less useful, and applying older patches fails
> more often.
> 
> -- 
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>    bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no


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