How to count how many times each file has been changed in git?
I'm working on a real mess of a project and we plan to reorganize it in a few months, but we don't have time. I want to see which files are most modified because the functions / codes contained in those files will take precedence when refactoring and improving my performance.
Is it possible to get the number of times each file has been changed since the first commit or a specific week, in table format or whatever, in git? If so, how?
I apologize for not providing "what I've tried" because, to be honest, I rarely use git from the command line and I'm actually poor and the GUI is not enough.
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To count the number of commits for each of your files, you could do something like this
#!/bin/bash
for file in *.php;
do
echo $file
git log --oneline -- $file | wc -l
done
"git log" is the key git command here.
Here are some git commands and options to look at
git log
git log --oneline
Get the change log for a specific file
git log -- filename
To get the changelog for a specific file for a specific date, you can do
git log --after="2017-05-09T16:36:00-07:00" --before="2017-05-10T08:00:00-07:00" -- myfile
You might want to try
git log --pretty=format
you can search all different formats
You can get a private repository on github and push the whole thing; it will be a nice graphical way to see all the changes for any of your changed files.
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