If a file has been deleted/renamed, blame refused to display
blame content even if the path provided does match an existing
blob on said revision.

$ git status
On branch hide
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        deleted:    testfile1.txt

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Before:
$ git blame testfile1.txt
fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory
$ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD
fatal: cannot stat path 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory

After:
$ git blame testfile1.txt
fatal: Cannot lstat 'testfile1.txt': No such file or directory
$ git blame testfile1.txt HEAD
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 1) 
testfile 2
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 2)
^da1a96f testfile2.txt (Edmundo Carmona Antoranz 2015-11-10 17:52:00 -0600 3) 
Some content

Signed-off-by: Edmundo Carmona Antoranz <eantor...@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/blame.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 83612f5..856971a 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2683,12 +2683,13 @@ parse_done:
                argv[argc - 1] = "--";
 
                setup_work_tree();
-               if (!file_exists(path))
-                       die_errno("cannot stat path '%s'", path);
        }
 
        revs.disable_stdin = 1;
        setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
+       if (!revs.pending.nr && !file_exists(path))
+               die_errno("cannot stat path '%s'", path);
+
        memset(&sb, 0, sizeof(sb));
 
        sb.revs = &revs;
-- 
2.6.2

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