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

In case this is of use for someone, this script will show the size of a given file in different commits:

git log  | grep "^commit" | cut -f2 -d" " | while read hash; do
   echo -n "$hash -- "
   git show $hash: | wc -c
done