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NAME
       git-last-modified - EXPERIMENTAL: Show when files were last modified

SYNOPSIS
       git last-modified [--recursive] [--show-trees] [--max-depth=<depth>] [-z]
                         [<revision-range>] [[--] <pathspec>...]


DESCRIPTION
       Shows which commit last modified each of the relevant files and
       subdirectories. A commit renaming a path, or changing it's mode is also
       taken into account.

       THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.

OPTIONS
       -r, --recursive
           Recursively traverse into all subtrees. By default, the command
           only shows tree entries matching the <pathspec>. With this option,
           it descends into subtrees and displays all entries within them.
           Equivalent to --max-depth=-1.

       -t, --show-trees
           Show tree entries even when recursing into them.

       --max-depth=<depth>
           For each pathspec given on the command line, traverse at most
           <depth> levels into subtrees. A negative value means no limit. The
           default is 0, which shows all paths matching the pathspec without
           descending into subtrees.

       -z
           Terminate each line with a NUL character rather than a newline.

       <revision-range>
           Only traverse commits in the specified revision range. When no
           <revision-range> is specified, it defaults to HEAD (i.e. the whole
           history leading to the current commit). For a complete list of ways
           to spell <revision-range>, see the Specifying Ranges section of
           gitrevisions(7).

       [--] <pathspec>...
           Show the commit that last modified each path matching <pathspec>.
           If no <pathspec> is given, all files and subdirectories are
           included. See gitglossary(7) for details on pathspec syntax.

OUTPUT
       The output is in the format:

            <oid> TAB <path> LF


       If a path contains any special characters, the path is C-style quoted.
       To avoid quoting, pass option -z to terminate each line with a NUL.

            <oid> TAB <path> NUL


SEE ALSO
       git-blame(1), git-log(1).

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.55.0                        2026-06-29              GIT-LAST-MODIFIED(1)