blame-options.txt: document --first-parent option
blame/annotate have supported --first-parent since commit 95a4fb0eac ("blame: handle --first-parent"). This adds a blurb on that option to the documentation. Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Raymond E. Pasco committed
Aug 6, 2020 at 14:52 UTC
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START. `git blame --reverse START` is taken as `git blame
--reverse START..HEAD` for convenience.
+--first-parent::
+ Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
+ commit. This option can be used to determine when a line
+ was introduced to a particular integration branch, rather
+ than when it was introduced to the history overall.
+
-p::
--porcelain::
Show in a format designed for machine consumption.