Introduce .git-blame-ignore-revs

erwinkramer · jskeet · commit 17accad78088 · 2026-04-04T18:05:18.000Z
Signed-off-by: Erwin Kramer &lt;erwinkramer@hotmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Ignore large mechanical/style-only commits in git blame. Sorted by oldest to newest.
+ae75b32c283cd531a7af38dd9c6fa66d2540109f
+db3feba27836691d1c85315c8fcb326d79ecc3a8
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ local development environment. Then add this repository as the upstream.
 git clone https://github.com/mygithuborg/sdk-csharp.git
 cd sdk-csharp
 git remote add upstream https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-csharp.git
+git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
 ```
 
+The final command is optional, but recommended. It makes `git blame` ignore
+mechanical formatting/refactoring commits listed in [.git-blame-ignore-revs](.git-blame-ignore-revs).
+
 ## Branches
 
 The first thing you'll need to do is create a branch for your work.

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