changes starting backwards from the working tree copy.
This flag makes the command pretend as if the working
tree copy has the contents of the named file (specify
<code>-</code> to make the command read from the standard input).</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--date &lt;format&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Specifies the format used to output dates. If --date is not
provided, the value of the blame.date config variable is
used. If the blame.date config variable is also not set, the
iso format is used. For supported values