On Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:07:09 GMT, Manuel Hässig <[email protected]> wrote:
> This PR introduces a `.git-blame-ignore-revs` file to the JDK repo root > directory. This file contains a list of git commit hashes that should be > excluded from consideration when running [git-blame > (1)](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame). This file is [automatically honored > by Github (with an escape > hatch)](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-and-understanding-files#ignore-commits-in-the-blame-view). > Locally, however, every developer that wants to make use of this needs to > either configure it using [`git config > blame.ignoreRevsFile`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt-blameignoreRevsFile) > or specify it on the command line using [`git blame > --ignore-revs-file`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt---ignore-revs-filefile). > > Initially, `.git-blame-ignore-revs` contains the commits associated with the > refactoring from `NULL` to `nullptr` in hotspot. Personally, it has already > happened to me multiple times that I ran `git blame` only to find one of > those commits. This could of course be solved with more complicated > `git`invocations. Maintaining this file of ignored revisions, however, gives > us a tool to alleviate this papercut from the already arduous process of > tracking down failures in the JDK. > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). Marked as reviewed by erikj (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/31402#pullrequestreview-4436776642
