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Roger Critchlow rec at elf.org
Thu May 7 17:55:06 EDT 2020


Right, https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-blame - Show what revision and
author last modified each line of a file

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On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 5:19 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roger,
>
> You say, "It's already happened more than once.  People, acting as if
> they cared about the code have taken over existing projects when the
> current developer loses interest.  Then they modify the code so it does
> something evil in addition to its original purpose, say stealing bitcoin
> wallet credentials.  Others have submitted packages which were one letter
> typos for trusted packages, with the same sort of surprises hidden in them."
>
> Isn't this exactly why there is a git history? Version control exists, to
> some extent,
> exactly so we can say who has done what and to what effect.
>
> Jonathan Zingale
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