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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | OUTPUT | SEE ALSO | GIT | COLOPHON 

GIT-LAST-MODIFIED(1)            Git Manual           GIT-LAST-MODIFIED(1)

NAME         top

       git-last-modified - EXPERIMENTAL: Show when files were last
       modified

SYNOPSIS         top

       git last-modified [--recursive] [--show-trees] [--max-depth=<depth>] [-z]
                         [<revision-range>] [[--] <pathspec>...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       Shows which commit last modified each of the relevant files and
       subdirectories. A commit renaming a path, or changing it’s mode is
       also taken into account.

       THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.

OPTIONS         top

       -r, --recursive
           Recursively traverse into all subtrees. By default, the
           command only shows tree entries matching the <pathspec>. With
           this option, it descends into subtrees and displays all
           entries within them. Equivalent to --max-depth=-1.

       -t, --show-trees
           Show tree entries even when recursing into them.

       --max-depth=<depth>
           For each pathspec given on the command line, traverse at most
           <depth> levels into subtrees. A negative value means no limit.
           The default is 0, which shows all paths matching the pathspec
           without descending into subtrees.

       -z
           Terminate each line with a NUL character rather than a
           newline.

       <revision-range>
           Only traverse commits in the specified revision range. When no
           <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to HEAD (i.e. the
           whole history leading to the current commit). For a complete
           list of ways to spell <revision-range>, see the Specifying
           Ranges section of gitrevisions(7).

       [--] <pathspec>...
           Show the commit that last modified each path matching
           <pathspec>. If no <pathspec> is given, all files and
           subdirectories are included. See gitglossary(7) for details on
           pathspec syntax.

OUTPUT         top

       The output is in the format:

            <oid> TAB <path> LF

       If a path contains any special characters, the path is C-style
       quoted. To avoid quoting, pass option -z to terminate each line
       with a NUL.

            <oid> TAB <path> NUL

SEE ALSO         top

       git-blame(1), git-log(1).

GIT         top

       Part of the git(1) suite

COLOPHON         top

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