On 2008.11.18 12:28:27 -0800, Pete Harlan wrote: > I have a script that runs periodically where I need to know the email > address of who added $file to the system, for a handful of $files, > because I'm moving them somewhere else and want to let them know. The > most recent commits aren't interesting, it's the first commit that matters. > > I use: > > git rev-list --reverse --pretty=format:%ae HEAD -- $file > > and the second line has the information I need. > > Perhaps there's a more straightforward way to answer the question "who > first put this file here". > > (One can imagine that may be no "first", because $file merged from > different paths, but in mine as in many real-world cases, it (a) won't > happen and (b) whatever happens will be fine if it does.) > > I don't need this to work differently than it does, but perhaps it > constitutes an "interesting situation where you need to list the oldest > n commits"? What you're asking for are commits that added the file, and you can tell git to find them, instead of using the --reverse work-around: git log --diff-filter=A --pretty=format:%ae HEAD -- $file If you're running that with a single file, you might want to add --follow and maybe add R to the diff-filter as well (to get the renaming commits). Björn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
