bug#43117: [PATCH] Add .git-blame-ignore-revs file

[Stefan Kangas]

Brian Leung <leungbk@mailfence.com> writes:

>> I don't think these purely
>> stylistic rewrites are a good idea, as it means that "git blame" and
>> vc-region-history gets less useful, and applying older patches fails
>> more often.
>
> OK, I won't submit that commit then. The other commit I had introduced a
> .git-blame-ignore-revs file, which allows certain commits to be ignored during
> git-blame sessions. I've modified that commit accordingly and attached. Would
> that be of use?

I think this sounds very useful.  And it works well in practice from my
limited testing.

Does anyone object to adding this file?