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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_blame_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_blame_h__
* @brief Git blame routines
* @defgroup git_blame Git blame routines
* Flags for indicating option behavior for git_blame APIs.
/** Normal blame, the default */
/** Track lines that have moved within a file (like `git blame -M`).
GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_SAME_FILE = (1<<0),
/** Track lines that have moved across files in the same commit (like `git blame -C`).
GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_SAME_COMMIT_MOVES = (1<<1),
/** Track lines that have been copied from another file that exists in the
* same commit (like `git blame -CC`). Implies SAME_FILE.
GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_SAME_COMMIT_COPIES = (1<<2),
/** Track lines that have been copied from another file that exists in *any*
* commit (like `git blame -CCC`). Implies SAME_COMMIT_COPIES.
GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_ANY_COMMIT_COPIES = (1<<3),
/** Restrict the search of commits to those reachable following only the
GIT_BLAME_FIRST_PARENT = (1<<4),
/** Use mailmap file to map author and committer names and email addresses
* to canonical real names and email addresses. The mailmap will be read
* from the working directory, or HEAD in a bare repository. */
GIT_BLAME_USE_MAILMAP = (1<<5),
/** Ignore whitespace differences */
GIT_BLAME_IGNORE_WHITESPACE = (1<<6),
* Blame options structure
* Initialize with `GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_INIT`. Alternatively, you can
* use `git_blame_options_init`.
typedef struct git_blame_options {
/** A combination of `git_blame_flag_t` */
/** The lower bound on the number of alphanumeric
* characters that must be detected as moving/copying within a file for it to
* associate those lines with the parent commit. The default value is 20.
* This value only takes effect if any of the `GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_*`
uint16_t min_match_characters;
/** The id of the newest commit to consider. The default is HEAD. */
* The id of the oldest commit to consider.
* The default is the first commit encountered with a NULL parent.
* The first line in the file to blame.
* The default is 1 (line numbers start with 1).
* The last line in the file to blame.
* The default is the last line of the file.
#define GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_VERSION 1
#define GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_INIT {GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_VERSION}
* Initialize git_blame_options structure
* Initializes a `git_blame_options` with default values. Equivalent to creating
* an instance with GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_INIT.
* @param opts The `git_blame_options` struct to initialize.
* @param version The struct version; pass `GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_VERSION`.
* @return Zero on success; -1 on failure.
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blame_options_init(
* Structure that represents a blame hunk.
* - `lines_in_hunk` is the number of lines in this hunk
* - `final_commit_id` is the OID of the commit where this line was last
* - `final_start_line_number` is the 1-based line number where this hunk
* begins, in the final version of the file
* - `final_signature` is the author of `final_commit_id`. If
* `GIT_BLAME_USE_MAILMAP` has been specified, it will contain the canonical
* real name and email address.
* - `orig_commit_id` is the OID of the commit where this hunk was found. This
* will usually be the same as `final_commit_id`, except when
* `GIT_BLAME_TRACK_COPIES_ANY_COMMIT_COPIES` has been specified.
* - `orig_path` is the path to the file where this hunk originated, as of the
* commit specified by `orig_commit_id`.
* - `orig_start_line_number` is the 1-based line number where this hunk begins
* in the file named by `orig_path` in the commit specified by
* - `orig_signature` is the author of `orig_commit_id`. If
* `GIT_BLAME_USE_MAILMAP` has been specified, it will contain the canonical
* real name and email address.
* - `boundary` is 1 iff the hunk has been tracked to a boundary commit (the
* root, or the commit specified in git_blame_options.oldest_commit)
typedef struct git_blame_hunk {
size_t final_start_line_number;
git_signature *final_signature;
size_t orig_start_line_number;
git_signature *orig_signature;
/** Opaque structure to hold blame results */
typedef struct git_blame git_blame;
* Gets the number of hunks that exist in the blame structure.
GIT_EXTERN(uint32_t) git_blame_get_hunk_count(git_blame *blame);
* Gets the blame hunk at the given index.
* @param blame the blame structure to query
* @param index index of the hunk to retrieve
* @return the hunk at the given index, or NULL on error
GIT_EXTERN(const git_blame_hunk*) git_blame_get_hunk_byindex(
* Gets the hunk that relates to the given line number in the newest commit.
* @param blame the blame structure to query
* @param lineno the (1-based) line number to find a hunk for
* @return the hunk that contains the given line, or NULL on error
GIT_EXTERN(const git_blame_hunk*) git_blame_get_hunk_byline(
* Get the blame for a single file.
* @param out pointer that will receive the blame object
* @param repo repository whose history is to be walked
* @param path path to file to consider
* @param options options for the blame operation. If NULL, this is treated as
* though GIT_BLAME_OPTIONS_INIT were passed.
* @return 0 on success, or an error code. (use git_error_last for information
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blame_file(
git_blame_options *options);
* Get blame data for a file that has been modified in memory. The `reference`
* parameter is a pre-calculated blame for the in-odb history of the file. This
* means that once a file blame is completed (which can be expensive), updating
* the buffer blame is very fast.
* Lines that differ between the buffer and the committed version are marked as
* having a zero OID for their final_commit_id.
* @param out pointer that will receive the resulting blame data
* @param reference cached blame from the history of the file (usually the output
* @param buffer the (possibly) modified contents of the file
* @param buffer_len number of valid bytes in the buffer
* @return 0 on success, or an error code. (use git_error_last for information
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_blame_buffer(
* Free memory allocated by git_blame_file or git_blame_buffer.
* @param blame the blame structure to free
GIT_EXTERN(void) git_blame_free(git_blame *blame);