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The `tig` blame mode is still vastly superior though. I find blame in magit (and magit-next) unusable, unfortunately.
I use the magit interface for most operations, but for blame I usually fall back to vc-annotate, as I find it easier to read (commits on the left rather than as headers, coloring, customizable). I haven't used tig, but from the blame view screenshot [1], they may be similar. [1] http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/screenshots/blame-view.html
I also use vc-annotate, but tig blame is still superior in terms of commit annotation (shorter, easier to customize, and commit-based coloring).