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		raju 82 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2... pickaxe isn't a Git command, rather, it's a set of flags that `git log` offers (specifically `-S` and `-G`). Shameless plug: I recently did a webinar on how the pickaxe options are better than `git-blame`) that you can find here: https://nofluffjuststuff.com/webinar/142/level_up_your_git_g... (Note: It requires you to provide an email address).

chrishill89 82 days ago | [–]

"Pickaxe" most often means those options. But it's also a (apparently legacy) command alias for git-blame.

steve_adams_86 81 days ago | [–]

Yes, this makes more sense now. Unfortunately I was already a heavy user of log, so then only new part is the term used for the flags. Somehow I've never seen it before

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