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NAME
git-last-modified - EXPERIMENTAL: Show when files were last modified
SYNOPSIS
git last-modified [--recursive] [--show-trees] [--max-depth=<depth>] [-z]
[<revision-range>] [[--] <pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
Shows which commit last modified each of the relevant files and
subdirectories. A commit renaming a path, or changing it's mode is also
taken into account.
THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.
OPTIONS
-r, --recursive
Recursively traverse into all subtrees. By default, the command
only shows tree entries matching the <pathspec>. With this option,
it descends into subtrees and displays all entries within them.
Equivalent to --max-depth=-1.
-t, --show-trees
Show tree entries even when recursing into them.
--max-depth=<depth>
For each pathspec given on the command line, traverse at most
<depth> levels into subtrees. A negative value means no limit. The
default is 0, which shows all paths matching the pathspec without
descending into subtrees.
-z
Terminate each line with a NUL character rather than a newline.
<revision-range>
Only traverse commits in the specified revision range. When no
<revision-range> is specified, it defaults to HEAD (i.e. the whole
history leading to the current commit). For a complete list of ways
to spell <revision-range>, see the Specifying Ranges section of
gitrevisions(7).
[--] <pathspec>...
Show the commit that last modified each path matching <pathspec>.
If no <pathspec> is given, all files and subdirectories are
included. See gitglossary(7) for details on pathspec syntax.
OUTPUT
The output is in the format:
<oid> TAB <path> LF
If a path contains any special characters, the path is C-style quoted.
To avoid quoting, pass option -z to terminate each line with a NUL.
<oid> TAB <path> NUL
SEE ALSO
git-blame(1), git-log(1).
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
Git 2.54.0 2026-04-19 git-last-modified(1)
git 2.54.0 - Generated Thu Apr 23 18:53:48 CDT 2026