[Feature]: file history viewing

[danielb2]

I can open a file with f followed by the filename. Once selected I can view the file. But I want to view the full file for each version in the history. so it would be nice if I could just page between the versions of the file.

i'm looking for a particular change, but I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, so I can't grep.

[krobelus]

maybe tig log -p -- path/to/file ? That gives you diffs though. If you want blobs, maybe for commit in $(git log --format=%h -- README.rst); do echo $commit:README.rst; done | xargs git show

[danielb2]

thank you for your suggestion.

I don't have enough context from the diffs, so yes, blobs.

[krobelus]

I don't have enough context from the diffs

there's also the "-U99" diff flag for choosing the amount of context

Sounds like an unusual use case, I usually get by with recursive blame, or "tig -Gfoo".

[koutcher]

Since 2.5.9, pressing f on another commit after returning to the main view will show you the corresponding blob.

[danielb2]

Since 2.5.9, pressing f on another commit after returning to the main view will show you the corresponding blob.

and it lets me browse through prior versions of the files history? that was the first thing I tried, and I couldn't figure out how to see other versions of the file. Only the current one

[koutcher]

It's easier when starting with tig -- path/to/file, then pressing f on any line will show you directly the corresponding blob.

[danielb2]

It's easier when starting with tig -- path/to/file, then pressing f on any line will show you directly the corresponding blob.

I still don't see it solving what I'm looking to do regardless of the easier way to navigate there. not sure you read carefully