Ask HN: Is there something like “today X years ago” but for Git?

by whoibraron 8/20/2022, 4:10:01 PM with 3 comments
  • by Tomteon 8/20/2022, 4:25:17 PM

    Are you looking for git checkout 'main@{1 year ago}'

    See also https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse, that works with all kinds of git subcommands.

    BTW, git doesn't track every change, only when you add the change.

  • by shooon 8/20/2022, 7:53:13 PM

    For a single file you can use `git log` to show you all patches that changed the file, going back in history forever:

      git log --follow --patch -- some/file
    It composes with Tomte's @{1 year ago} tip if you want to start reading at a particular point in time:

      git log --follow --patch 'main@{1 year ago}' -- some/file
    ref: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log

  • by beveretton 8/20/2022, 5:56:36 PM

    There is https://retrogit.com/ that sends you emails on what happened in repositories on this day, similar to memories.