[kemitchell]

I have seen `git blame` used to blame specific people. I've seen it work. Some of those people deserved some blame.

The manpage explains what the command does. How and why it's used is up to the user.

[lelandfe]

Alternatively git praise https://github.com/ansman/git-praise

[what]

Why wouldn’t you just set an alias in your global git config for this?

[dspillett]

Perhaps the author intended further additions, perhaps transforming the output to apply filters or add spurious superlatives for humour value (“Great work on line 420, User6942!”).

[account42]

You can't put an alias on your CV.

[einpoklum]

Now _that_ is one of the best two-liners I've ever seen!