Go to Git blame for specific line of file
Release notes
Problem to solve
This issue is applying what was implemented in Go directly to Git Blame from Global Search (#327052 - closed) to the file/blob view. We believe that the research insight that resulted in that other issue is also applicable to the file/blob view, and not just the code search results.
From #327052 (closed):
Users mentioned that some of the most important information when looking through results of a code search are when it was last updated and who modified it. Often times they are looking for the commit where this portion of the code was changed.
Proposal
Adapted from #327052 (closed):
Since the Git Blame offers much of this information that a user would be looking for related to a specific section of code they are looking at, we should make it easier to get to that information. For the first iteration of this, we will include a link from the file line that takes the user directly to the Blame page (anchored to the specific line).
Intended users
Metrics
- Track visits from a file view to its blame view, with the line anchor
- Compare the visits described above with regular/non-line visits from a file view to its blame view.