git log - find out which commit added a specific file

Question

I know that we can use the command git show --pretty="" --name-only 90e34953 to list all files from a specific commit.

Is it possible to execute git log and include all files from the commits to the output?

Maybe there is a script which runs through each commit and inserts it into the command above?

e.g. (pseudocode)

$out = "";
foreach($commit in $commits) {
    $out .= $commit
    $out .= "----------------------------------------"
    $out .= (git show --pretty="" --name-only $commit)
}
$out > logfile.txt

We try to find out which commit added a specific file.

`git log`, like `git show`, takes a `--name-only` parameter. — torek, Jul 03 '18 at 16:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 03 '18 at 17:32

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git log --diff-filter=A -- file

--diff-filter=A filters those commit(s) that add the file.

edited Jul 03 '18 at 17:32

Yogesh_D

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answered Jul 03 '18 at 17:25

phd

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 10:55

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Another option to find out which commit added the file is:

git log --reverse -- <file>

The top most commit is the one that has added the file.

answered Jul 04 '18 at 10:55

sergej

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git log - find out which commit added a specific file

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