git_author_date_last

This script will display the last author dates of the files of the given Git repository directory ($PWD if not given).

If you use the optional second parameter then only the author date of the given file path will be displayed.

The last author date is the date of the last Git status change to a committed file of a Git repository.

You can use this script to verify the latest publication year of your copyright statements.

Usage

$ scripts/git/git_author_date_last.sh /tmp/example
2024-04-16T16:01:19+02:00 a.txt
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00 b.txt
2022-04-16T16:00:14+02:00 c/d.txt
2023-04-16T16:00:41+02:00 e.txt
$ scripts/git/git_author_date_last.sh /tmp/example | cut -c 1-4,26-
2024 a.txt
2022 b.txt
2022 c/d.txt
2023 e.txt
$ scripts/git/git_author_date_last.sh /tmp/example a.txt
2024-04-16T16:01:19+02:00 a.txt
$ tree --noreport -a -I .git /tmp/example
/tmp/example
├── a.txt
├── b.txt
├── c
│   └── d.txt
└── e.txt
$ (cd /tmp/example && git --no-pager log --format=%aI --name-status)
2024-04-16T16:01:19+02:00

M       a.txt
2023-04-16T16:00:41+02:00

A       e.txt
2022-04-16T16:00:14+02:00

A       c/d.txt
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00

A       a.txt
A       b.txt
$ (cd /tmp/example && git --no-pager log --format=%aI --name-status a.txt)
2024-04-16T16:01:19+02:00

M       a.txt
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00

A       a.txt

  • git_author_date_initial

    $ scripts/git/git_author_date_initial.sh /tmp/example
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00 a.txt
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00 b.txt
2022-04-16T16:00:14+02:00 c/d.txt
2023-04-16T16:00:41+02:00 e.txt
$ scripts/git/git_author_date_last.sh /tmp/example
2024-04-16T16:01:19+02:00 a.txt
2022-04-16T15:59:50+02:00 b.txt
2022-04-16T16:00:14+02:00 c/d.txt
2023-04-16T16:00:41+02:00 e.txt
$ scripts/git/git_author_date_initial.sh /tmp/example | cut -c 1-4,26- > initial.txt
$ scripts/git/git_author_date_last.sh /tmp/example | cut -c 1-4,26- > last.txt
$ diff initial.txt last.txt
1c1
< 2022 a.txt
---
> 2024 a.txt