Can GitHub show the history of changes made to one file?

Question

I want to do:

 git log -p [path/to/file]

in GitHub because I want it to look pretty, and I want a link to send to someone else w/o the code.

Thanks!

Matt

Answer 1

The following URL will show all the commits for a single file in a format similar to git log -p:

http://github.com/<username>/<project>/commits/<branch>/<path/to/file>

...where:

• <username> is the username of the person that owns the repo
• <project> is the repo name
• <branch> can be 'master' or any other branch
• <path/to/file> is hopefully self-explanatory

Picking at (somewhat) random, here is an example from the vim-fugitive repo.

Answer 2

An alternative to the direct URL answer (which BTW is perfectly correct) using GitHub's interface is to:

• Click on 'Source' view
• Switch to a desired branch
• Look for the file you want until you get to the actual source view for the file
• Click 'history' on the top right corner