How to see the file size history of a single file in a git repository?

Question

Is there anyway to see how a file\'s size has changed through time in a git repository? I want to see how my main.js file (which is the combination of several files and mini

Answer 1

Create a file called .gitattributes and add the following line:

main.js -diff

This turns off line-based diffs for main.js. Now run the following command:

git log --stat main.js

The log will include lines like

main.js | Bin 4316 -> 4360 bytes

After you're done, you should probably delete .gitattributes. I don't know what other changes in git's behavior may be caused by the -diff attribute.

Tested with git versions 1.7.12.4 and 1.7.9.5.

Source: ewall's answer and https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html#_marking_files_as_binary