Git how to see who created and moved files to a directory

Question

Some files in our project are moved to a directory which is not the correct place for them. I would like to see who was the creator of the directory and who moved the files.

For some files this is the correct place, so I would like to see the moving date and the user who moved them for every single file. Is this possible with git bash?

It's kind of harmless to use it, but note that the pop-up tag info for [tag:history] says DO NOT USE THIS TAG... — torek, Oct 28 '19 at 18:12
Than you, I will remove it. I thought I can use history as "git log history". — Chris Crozz, Oct 29 '19 at 07:41

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '19 at 17:10

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Try at least a git log --follow -- a_renamed_file inside the new directory (the incorrect one)

That will give you an idea of the commit in which that file was moved/renamed (assuming its content was the same or very similar)

You can then see the author of that commit, who likely created the destination folder.

answered Oct 28 '19 at 17:10

VonC

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Thank you, this was helpful. I just used log on the whole directory but there were too many changes to find the commit. – Chris Crozz Oct 29 '19 at 07:46
@ChrisCrozz Exactly: filtering by file is more precise. – VonC Oct 29 '19 at 07:47

Git how to see who created and moved files to a directory

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