gitwhodid

Who did that? A CLI to reveal Git history by file.

Overview

gitwhodid helps you find out who contributed to a specific file in your Git repo - how much, how recently, and with what kind of commits. (it's a fun weekend project)

Features

• Shows top contributors to a file with percentage breakdown
• Last seen info for each contributor
• Notable commit messages from each contributor
• Friendly, colorful output powered by Rich

Installation

pipx install gitwhodid

Or clone the repo and run directly:

git clone https://github.com/stabldev/gitwhodid
cd gitwhodid
uv sync
uv run gitwhodid <file>

Git Integration (Optional)

Add this alias to your Git config to run gitwhodid as a Git subcommand:

git config --global alias.whodid '!gitwhodid'
# now you can use it like
git whodid <file>

License

MIT Copyright (c) stabldev