On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 09:43:32 GMT, Manuel Hässig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This PR introduces a `.git-blame-ignore-revs` file to the JDK repo root >> directory. This file contains a list of git commit hashes that should be >> excluded from consideration when running [git-blame >> (1)](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame). This file is [automatically >> honored by Github (with an escape >> hatch)](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-and-understanding-files#ignore-commits-in-the-blame-view). >> Locally, however, every developer that wants to make use of this needs to >> either configure it using [`git config >> blame.ignoreRevsFile`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt-blameignoreRevsFile) >> or specify it on the command line using [`git blame >> --ignore-revs-file`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt---ignore-revs-filefile). >> >> Initially, `.git-blame-ignore-revs` contains the commits associated with the >> refactoring from `NULL` to `nullptr` in hotspot. Personally, it has already >> happened to me multiple times that I ran `git blame` only to find one of >> those commits. This could of course be solved with more complicated >> `git`invocations. Maintaining this file of ignored revisions, however, gives >> us a tool to alleviate this papercut from the already arduous process of >> tracking down failures in the JDK. >> >> --------- >> - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the >> [OpenJDK Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). > > Manuel Hässig has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Fix typo Marked as reviewed by erikj (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/31402#pullrequestreview-4455652750
