Git log *.java files and committers

Question

How can I get the list of all Java files in my repo and get the original author and every committer to that file since.

My attempt is below but I'd like one line for each Java file and list of all committers after that.

git log --name-only --pretty=format:"The author of %h was %ae on %aD" -- '*.java'

Zach · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-25 01:28:39Z

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I don't think you're far off but I also don't think it can be obtained directly with GIT. Instead, list all tracked files first, then loop over each one.

for file in $(git ls-files | grep \.java$)
do
    echo "Looking at $file";
    git log --pretty=format:"The author of commit %h was %ae on %aD" -- $file;
    echo;
done

Note git ls-files *.java will only list tracked java files in the current directory. Not all java files in the repo will be tracked.

edited Apr 25, 2024 at 1:28

Zach

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Zach Over a year ago

Is there a way to do this just with git ls-files and its parameter arguments?

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