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GIT: List all commits for a specific file

Answer 1

+2 A:

git log path should do what you want. From the git log man:

[--] <path>…

Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To prevent confusion with 
options and branch names, paths may need to be prefixed with "-- " to separate them
from options or refnames.

Gabe Moothart 2010-09-13 14:48:48

That did it!! Thank you!!

Mr. Leinad 2010-09-13 14:51:09

Answer 2

+1 A:

Should be as simple as git log <somepath>, check the manpage (git-log(1)).

Personally I like to use git log --stat <path> so I can see the impact of each commit on the file.

thenduks 2010-09-13 14:50:17

Or even `-p` if you want to see the full diff, not just that it had some number of lines modified.

Jefromi 2010-09-13 15:02:50

True, but that's pretty noisy considering most files have been changed many times over their lives. I don't want to see full diffs of every single commit that ever touched a file. I'm usually looking for a specific thing, so I can get a log with just impacts and then `git show` on the specific commits that look like they matter.

thenduks 2010-09-13 16:39:41

+1 for `--stat`

Gabe Moothart 2010-09-13 17:07:09

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