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View change log for a single file?

Tai Lee

I used to do this a lot in Cornerstone when I was working with SVN. Select a single file and then view the log. It would show me only changesets that affected the selected file, so I could quickly find out when a change was introduced and the surrounding context.

I can't find any way to do this in SourceTree. I've tried using blame on the file, then opening the changeset for the line I'm interested in, but once I do this I can't find any way to go back further into the history. When the actual change I'm interested in wasn't introduced in the most recent change to that line (e.g. subsequent unrelated changes, or code style changes), it makes it difficult to step back any further and find the change I'm interested in.

Am I just missing something in SourceTree, or Git itself that?

Accepted answers

KieranA

Hi Tai,

The "Log Selected" option does just that. When looking at a commit, select the file, context click and hit "Log Selected". This works in both Git and Mercurial. (Correct me if I'm misinterpreting your post, though!)

Cheers!

Quentin Stafford-Fraser

If you go to the 'File Status' view and change the pulldown which selects which files are visible -- it's normally on 'Pending' – to 'All files, sorted by path', then you can see everything whether or not it has a pending change.

You can then right-click on a file and do 'Log Selected'.

(This works on the Mac, anyway... can't speak for Windows)

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KieranA

Hi Tai,

Cheers!

Jan Zaloudek

And is it possible to log file without needing to look for commit? Just view log of some random file from repository.

gleung86

Hi,

I am using SourceTree 1.6.14 on Windows. I noticed the "Log Selected" feature only shows changes for the branch you are currently on. Not sure if I'm the only one who would like this feature, but is there (or will there be) a way to view changes of a single file that occurred on all branches as well? Basically the same as the SourceTree Log/History revision graph, but for a single file?

Thanks,

Gerald

Bruce Bowers

I have this same question.

dougxc

Me too. This is a very common activity and I'm surprised to see it's not a first class feature of the interface.

L. Cornelius Dol

Right clicking on any file and selecting "Log Selected" is what you want to do.

But usually the challenge is to find a commit containing the file you want to track. The trick is to make a dummy edit to the file, and it'll show up in your Working Copy. From there you can right-click and log it (be sure to follow renames, since it seems to quickly get lost otherwise, even when no renames are involved, at least on the Windows version).

When you're done just revert your dummy change.

L. Cornelius Dol

See my answer. You can just make a temporary change to the file.

Ray Smets

Simplest way to do this:

On the command line in your project directory use the command

git log --follow &lt;filename&gt;

Then use the SHA-1 hash to use the commit search feature in Source Tree (upper right corner). From there you can simply click "Log Selected".

L. Cornelius Dol

Where <filename> is the full relative path from the project root.

damiensawyer

That's a good workaround Lawrence.
I think that what's missing with SourceTree is a control displaying the full working directory as it was at any given commit. Git Extensions does this (https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/). It's the killer feature that I would love to see SourceTree take on.

gleung86

Hi Lawrence,

I'm not sure if I completely understand your solution, but I would like a full revision graph of a single file across ALL branches, not just the current branch I've currently checked out. I've tried your method, but after making a temporary change to the file and then performing "Log Selected" it still just s

L. Cornelius Dol

@Gerald Leung: Then my solution won't help. You'll only be able to see changes that have been merged at some point into the branch you are on. Sorry, man.

gleung86

I'm using "Custom Action" to launch Git Extension File History feature to do this. It's better, but the revision graph doesn't show which branch the file belongs to. Have you, by any chance looked into how to figure out the originating branch of an individual file in the Git Extension File History revision graph?

Quentin Stafford-Fraser

You can then right-click on a file and do 'Log Selected'.

(This works on the Mac, anyway... can't speak for Windows)

Bruce Bowers

Works for me on Windows. Thank you!

unknown

Sorry to all the guys at Atlassian who have to review these posts, but I too would love to see this feature. It would be my No 1 feature by a long way.

Best workaround I have found for anyone using Visual Studio is to enable Git as the source provider. It sits nicely alongside SourceTree (neither seems to upset the other), and viewing a file's history in Visual Studio is simply a right-click away. I use it all the time.

Robert Jurado

Excellent, just what I needed. A little complicated for a very common task

ccyeh0901

Thanks very much, exactly what i need!!

coto

way to Hide this option man!

KenK

One other critical issue here is that the Log viewer doesn't provide a full list of changes, it seems to cut off after displaying the first 30 or so changes. That makes it impossible to review changes via Sourcetree.

Siva Sundararaj

It works fine. Go to "Log/History" tab and select "All files" and use any sort. It shows all the files irrespective of selected commit. You can then right click on the file and select "Log selected" to see history of changes.

mathagician

There are useful plugins for popular editors like sublime, pycharm, vscode etc. also to make the life easier.

Theepranai.sos

Can it help you?

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