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NAME
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-git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit info
+git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information
SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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Annotates each line in the given file with information from the commit
-which introduced the line. Optionally annotate from a given revision.
+which introduced the line. Optionally annotates from a given revision.
+
+The only difference between this command and linkgit:git-blame[1] is that
+they use slightly different output formats, and this command exists only
+for backward compatibility to support existing scripts, and provide a more
+familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems.
OPTIONS
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