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It was unclear in the documentation for "git blame" that it is
unnecessary for users to use the "--follow" option.

* jc/blame-follows-renames:
  git blame: document that it always follows origin across whole-file renames
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Junio C Hamano committed Oct 8, 2012
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ last modified the line. Optionally, start annotating from the given revision.

The command can also limit the range of lines annotated.

The origin of lines is automatically followed across whole-file
renames (currently there is no option to turn the rename-following
off). To follow lines moved from one file to another, or to follow
lines that were copied and pasted from another file, etc., see the
`-C` and `-M` options.

The report does not tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or
replaced; you need to use a tool such as 'git diff' or the "pickaxe"
interface briefly mentioned in the following paragraph.
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