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A comment on Ask HN: Is there something like “today X years ago” but for Git?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there something like “today X years ago” but f... by shoo on Saturday August 20, 2022 @03:53PM (#32534725)
For a single file you can use `git log` to show you all patches that changed the file, going back in history forever:

  git log --follow --patch -- some/file
It composes with Tomte's @{1 year ago} tip if you want to start reading at a particular point in time:

  git log --follow --patch 'main@{1 year ago}' -- some/file
ref: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log
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