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git blame — Show what commit and author last modified each line of a file. More information: <https://git-scm.co

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the git blame command: Show what commit and author last modified each line of a file. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame>.

Solution

git blame — Show what commit and author last modified each line of a file. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame>.

Print a file with authorship info (author name and commit hash):

git blame {{path/to/file}}

Print the author's email instead of their name:

git blame {{[-e|--show-email]}} {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info as of a specific commit:

git blame {{commit}} {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info before a specific commit:

git blame {{commit}}~ {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info starting at a given line:

git blame -L {{123}} {{path/to/file}}

Annotate a specific line range of a file:

git blame -L {{start_line}},{{end_line}} {{path/to/file}}

Annotate 10 lines of a file starting at the first line matching a given text:

git blame -L '/{{text}}/',+10 {{path/to/file}}

Annotate a file ignoring whitespaces and line moves:

git blame -w -C -C -C {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Print a file with authorship info (author name and commit hash)

git blame {{path/to/file}}

Print the author's email instead of their name

git blame {{[-e|--show-email]}} {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info as of a specific commit

git blame {{commit}} {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info before a specific commit

git blame {{commit}}~ {{path/to/file}}

Print a file with authorship info starting at a given line

git blame -L {{123}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git blame

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