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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).

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03/01/2026 Git 2.53.0.697.g625c4f