Package: bblame
bblameis an interactive ncurses git blame viewer. Allowing you to explore the git history of a file.FeaturesBrowse forwards and backwards through file history a commit at a timeSelect a line and drill into the history past the commit that changed that line most recentlyFull code syntax highlighting supportDisplay the gitshowfor the commit of any selected lineBrowse file history across file renamesUsagebblameis a curses application. Usage will be displayed when called with no arguments or-h--help:usage: __main__.py [-h] [--revision {revision}] [--debug] [--version]
                                   filename [+{line_num} or +/{search_pattern}]

positional arguments:
  filename              Name or path to file to blame
  +{line_num} or +/{search_pattern}
                                                The line number or search pattern the cursor will be positioned on (this arg will put bblame in visual mode)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --revision {revision}, -r {revision}
                                                The revision to initialize the blame file to
  --debug               Increase logging and show tracebacks
  --version             show program's version number and exitTo show available commands while runningbblameuse thehkey, which will display the key to action bindings, example below:KEYS: ACTION - DESCRIPTION
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 q:   Quit
    Quit the application

 /:   Search
    Search downward through the current blame or commit

 n:   Next Search Match
    Jump to the next search match (in the downward direction)

 N:   Prev Search Match
    Jump to the prev search match (in the upward direction)

 v:   Visual Select Mode
    Enter visual select mode (only from normal mode)

 o:   Show/View Commit
    Show a commit selected by the visual mode cursor

 O:   Show/View file Commit
    Show the current revision commit

 ESC:   Normal Mode
    Return to Normal mode

 ENTER, d:   Drill Down
    Drill down past the commit highlighted in visual mode. Opens a new git blame

 <, ,:   Parent blame
    Move to git blame of the parent of current commit
    (i.e. traverse backwards through history, one commit at a time)

 >, .:   Ancestor blame
    Move to git blame of the ancestor of current commit
    (i.e. traverse forwards through history, one commit at a time)

 BACKSPACE, DC, f:   Pop Back
    Pop back to previous git object

 g, HOME:   Jump to Top
    Jump to the top of the screen

 G, END:   Jump to Bottom
    Jump to the bottom of the screen

 h:   Help
    Display the help message

 s:   Toggle Syntax Highlight
    Toggle syntax highlighting on or off. Showing or hiding syntax
    highlighting ONLY IF IT IS ENABLED.

 H:   Jump to HEAD
    Jump to a blame of the most recent commit for the file

 T:   Jump to TAIL
    Jump to a blame of the first commit for the fileInstallationsudo -H pip install bblameorpython setup.py installIssueIssue tracker can be foundherePlugins:You’ll find a plugins dir if you clone the git repo (or browse to it on bitbucket)
I’m a vim guy, so that means so far there is only a vim plugin ;)
Though, I encourage pull requests or links to repos containing plugins for other editors/software!Development:Pull requests welcomeGit repo can be foundhereDependencies you’ll need to install with your package manager for dev and test:pip/pip3(bblame supports both 2.7.X and 3+ versions of python)tmux(a dependency of the curses unit test library, hecate)makeThe rest of the dependencies can be installed with:make py_envUseful Dev Notes:runmake checkto execute static analysis and unittestsrunpython-mbetterblame <args>in root ofbetterblame.gitto run an
instance ofbblamewith your changesYou can use the test files intests/testfiles/for manual testing.