Explain that it's possible to see files from before a git-blame-ignore-revs change #18195
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What article on docs.github.com is affected?
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-a-file
What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?
Users don't naturally understand how to see past a .git-blame-ignore-revs file:
github-community/community#5033 (comment)
It is possible to do it.
The steps are basically:
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/tree/<current-sha>and browse to.git-blame-ignore-revsand clickHistoryto find the shas that applied layers (or you could useBlameto find the<sha>that introduced things to ignore that you don't want to ignore).Then use
<that-sha>~as the sha for the blame for the file that you want to view w/o the ignore rule.Additional information
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