Hi Stefan, On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Stefan Beller wrote:
> Occasionally a user is given an object hash from a blob as an error message > or other output (e.g. [1]). > > It would be useful to get a further description of such a blob, such as > the (commit, path) tuple where this blob was introduced. > > This implements the answer in builtin/describe, but I am not sure if that > is the right place. (One office mate argued it could be a "reverse-blame" > that tells you all the trees/commits where the blob is referenced from). > > This is RFC for other reasons as well: tests, docs missing. > > Any feedback welcome, As you ask so nicely, I'll just cheer (I do not have time to review it right now, but I really, really wanted this, I even started working on the name-rev side of things some time ago but eventually had to let things slide). Ciao, Dscho
