Today I Learned

2026/04/07

That git checkout can expand specific keyworkds, e.g. $Id$ in files marked as ident in your .gitattributes: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Attributes#_keyword_expansion

Also, that .git-blame-ignore-revs allows exlcuding specific bulk-formatting commits from git blame attribution: https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/05/git-magic-files.html#git-blame-ignore-revs

Neat!