1. git-effort(1)
  2. Git Extras
  3. git-effort(1)

NAME

git-effort - Show effort statistics on file(s)

SYNOPSIS

git-effort [--above <value>] [<options>] [[--] <path>...]

DESCRIPTION

Shows effort statistics about files in the repository.

Display includes:
- Commits: number of commits per file - highlighting files with most activity.
- Active days: total number of days which contributed modifications to this file.

OPTIONS

--above <value>

Ignore files with commits <= a value.

Run
man -P 'less +/Commit\ Limiting' git-log
to read about options to limit which commits are counted.

Note: git-effort does not accept commit ranges.

[--] <path>...

Only count commits that touches the given paths.

EXAMPLES

Note: Output will first appear unsorted, then the screen is cleared and the sorted list is output. The initial unsorted list is not shown in the examples for brevity.

Displays "effort" statistics:

$ git effort --above 5

  file                                          commits    active days

  git-extras                                    26         18
  git-release                                   13         13
  git-effort                                    13         2
  git-ignore                                    11         7
  git-changelog                                 11         8
  git-graft                                     9          6
  git-summary                                   8          6
  git-delete-branch                             8          6
  git-repl                                      7          5


$ git effort --after="one year ago" --above 5 --author="Leila Muhtasib"

  file                                          commits    active days

  git-extras                                    15         12
  git-release                                   6          4
  git-effort                                    6          2
  git-ignore                                    4          4
  git-changelog                                 3          2
  git-graft                                     2          2

Showing statistics on directories is also possible

$ git effort bin man

  file                                          commits    active days

  bin.......................................... 406         232
  man.......................................... 118         80

AUTHOR

Written by Leila Muhtasib <muhtasib@gmail.com>

REPORTING BUGS

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

SEE ALSO

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

  1. August 2015
  2. git-effort(1)