When was a file added to a branch in Git?

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Is there a simple way to find out when (in which commit or merge) a file was added to a branch? Specially, from an experimental feature branch to master.

Nothing here? https://www.google.de/search?q=git+when+was+file+committed+first — KingCrunch, Dec 12 '12 at 21:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '12 at 21:26

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git log <branch> -- <file> should do the trick...

answered Dec 12 '12 at 21:26

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I added a couple of things to do what I needed: `git log --pretty=oneline -- | tail -1` – Clayton Mar 14 '13 at 20:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '12 at 22:05

You can use

git log --first-parent -- <file>

to list the commits along the main branch which have modified that file. The last one listed would be the commit where the file was introduced to the main branch.

This does depend on merges being done while on the main (e.g. master) branch to pull in change from the other branches, and not the other way around.

When was a file added to a branch in Git?

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