How to show git log history i e all the related commits for a sub directory of a git repo

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Lets say that I have a git repo that looks like this   foo     git    A         big tree here   B         big tree here   Is there a way to ask git log to show only the log messages for a specific directory  For example I want to see what commits touched files in foo A only

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Enter   git log     from the specific directory  it also gives commits in that directory

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The other answers only show the changed files   git log -p DIR is very useful  if you need the full diff of all changed files in a specific subdirectory   Example  Show all detailed changes in a specific version range  git log -p 8a5fb  HEAD -- A B  commit 62ad8c5d Author  Scott Tiger Date    Mon Nov 27 14 25 29 2017  0100      My comment         -216 6  216 10    public class MyClass       Added -  Deleted

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You can use git log with the pathnames of the respective folders   git log A B   The log will only show commits made in A and B  I usually throw in --stat to make things a little prettier  which helps for quick commit reviews

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if you want to see it graphically you can use  gitk -- foo A

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For tracking changes to a folder where the folder was moved  I started using   git rev-list --all --pretty oneline --    foo subfoo      This isn t perfect as it will grab other folders with the same name  but if it is unique  then it seems to work

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From directory foo   use    git log -- A   You need the  --  to separate  lt path gt    from the  lt since gt    lt until gt  refspecs     Show changes for src nvfs   git log --oneline -- src nvfs d6f6b3b Changes for Mac OS X 803fcc3 Initial Commit    Show all changes  one additional commit besides in src nvfs     git log --oneline d6f6b3b Changes for Mac OS X 96cbb79 gitignore 803fcc3 Initial Commit

[git] How to show git log history (i.e., all the related commits) for a sub directory of a git repo?

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