Can GitHub show the history of changes made to one file in patch form?

Question

If you do git log --patch -- path/to/file, you will get the history of the file along with a diff of all the changes made to it with each commit, like this:

Answer 1

If you're on Linux, Then install TIG as:

sudo apt-get install tig

and then,

tig path/to/file/

It'll show you all the commits and their respective changes

Talat Parwez

Answer 2

Based on the answers above and my own attempts to find this exact feature, it appears the correct answer to this question is no.

Edit: before you down vote, maybe try and prove me wrong. Sometimes the correct answer isn't what you want to hear.

Answer 3

The following URL will show all the commits for a single file in a format similar to git log -p:

http://github.com/<username>/<project>/commits/<branch>/<path/to/file>

...where:

• <username> is the username of the person that owns the repo
• <project> is the repo name
• <branch> can be 'master' or any other branch
• <path/to/file> is hopefully self-explanatory

Picking at (somewhat) random, here is an example from the vim-fugitive repo.

Answer 4

An alternative to the direct URL answer (which BTW is perfectly correct) using GitHub's interface is to:

• Click on 'Source' view
• Switch to a desired branch
• Look for the file you want until you get to the actual source view for the file
• Click 'history' on the top right corner