Can I get git to tell me all the files one user has modified?

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I would like git to give me a list of all the files modified by one user, across all commits.

My particular use case is that I've been involved in the i18n of a ruby on rails project, and we want to know what files have already been done and what files still need to be done. The users in question have only done work on the i18n, not on the rest of the code base. So the information should all be in git, but I'm not sure how to get it out.

score 233 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 07 '16 at 05:16

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This will give you a simple list of files, nothing else:

git log --no-merges --author="Pattern" --name-only --pretty=format:"" | sort -u

Switch --author for --committer as necessary.

edited Sep 07 '16 at 05:16

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answered Jun 14 '11 at 20:08

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`--name-only` appears to make the output nothing but filenames. Given that fact, what are the options `--stat` and `--pretty=format:""` accomplishing? Could you leave them out? – Jonah Apr 10 '15 at 21:20
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@Jonah --pretty=format:"" is needed. I edited the answer. – Ian Kelling Sep 07 '16 at 05:16
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works great, though one tiny glitch: it produces a blank link at the start of the output, which means that piping the result through 'wc -l' to get a count of files is off by 1. – joachim Jan 31 '18 at 14:59
how can i exclude files that were deleted? – Tim Boland Feb 28 '19 at 23:07
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@TimBoland Add --diff-filter=d – Alvin Cao Mar 26 '21 at 04:05
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note that this only lists modifications that occur under the current HEAD, ie. not other branches than the one currently checked out. Add `--all` to use all local branches – CervEd Sep 26 '21 at 18:57
This is the fastest solution. – Riveascore Apr 28 '22 at 17:52
any way to do it across all repositories? :/ – john k Feb 13 '23 at 21:02

Steve Prentice · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-14T20:12:55.523

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This isn't the only way, but it works:

git log --pretty="%H" --author="authorname" |
    while read commit_hash
    do
        git show --oneline --name-only $commit_hash | tail -n+2
    done | sort | uniq

Or, as one line:

git log --pretty="%H" --author="authorname" | while read commit_hash; do git show --oneline --name-only $commit_hash | tail -n+2; done | sort | uniq

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answered Jun 14 '11 at 20:04

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this is significantly slower than https://stackoverflow.com/a/6349483/1507124 – CervEd Sep 26 '21 at 19:04

Robert S. · Answer 3 · 2011-06-14T20:14:51.960

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Try git log --stat --committer=<user>. Just put the user's name on the --committer= option (or use --author= as appropriate).

This will spit out all the files per commit, so there will likely be some duplication.

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answered Jun 14 '11 at 19:54

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 22 '20 at 07:32

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git log --pretty= --author=@abcd.com --name-only | sort -u | wc -l

Shows all modified files by company in the git repo.

git log --pretty= --author=user@abcd.com --name-only | sort -u | wc -l

Shows all modified files by author name 'user' in the git repo.

answered May 22 '20 at 07:32

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Note that OP asked for a list of files while your answer currently only gives the count because of the `| wc -l` (which might be off by one as [noted by joachim](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6349139/can-i-get-git-to-tell-me-all-the-files-one-user-has-modified/6349483#comment84085743_6349483)). Good addition, though, for noting that one can use it to search for "company contributions" by means of the email address (although a [`.mailmap` file](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap) might be mandatory for this to work correctly as people sometimes commit with different email addresses)! – Marcus Mangelsdorf Jan 04 '22 at 15:04
A thing of beauty. Thanks. – daparic Mar 11 '22 at 10:46

Knard · Answer 5 · 2022-05-19T12:50:16.420

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If you only want the list of filename:

git log --author= --pretty=format:%h | xargs git diff --name-only | sort | uniq

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answered May 19 '22 at 12:49

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