Find number of previous commits that made changes to a file

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How do you get the total number of previous commits that made changes to a file in git?

Does this answer your question? [Getting a commit count for each file in a git repository](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51902038/getting-a-commit-count-for-each-file-in-a-git-repository) — Liam, Feb 25 '22 at 12:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '22 at 12:16

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For "The number of commits that changed a file", and assuming that you have access to a linux like terminal.

You can use git log --pretty=format:"%H" <PATH> | wc

answered Feb 25 '22 at 12:16

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