It's pretty common with configuration or infrastructure as code that a blame brings me to a commit from 5-6 years previous, where I wish to understand why the authors at the time made a specific decision.
That is more than enough time to change ticketing system, wiki platforms, or collaborative chat services.
Fair enough, I did not think about the IaC space when I wrote the comment. And I can absolutely see how a blame could take you to commits from a few years back.
I was only thinking about the application code space where elaborate code comments are definitely more common.
That is more than enough time to change ticketing system, wiki platforms, or collaborative chat services.