Single file history?

[chris-robison]

Not sure if this is the right place for this...

I started using your forked version of gitx after upgrading to Sierra and finding the original version no longer worked. Something I used to do all the time in that version was looking at the history of a single file with the following command: gitx -- path/to/file. That will still open gitx but it doesn't seem to show the history of the single file.

I am wondering if this is an actual issue or if I am just missing something. That feature was so powerful in resolving issues in projects and I am really missing it.

[nunoguedelha]

Hello @chris-robison , I'm having the very same issue on Yosemite 10.10.5 . Are you still experiencing the issue?

[nunoguedelha]

Actually, even after launching gitx without the optional <path/to/file>, it is possible to create a selection of the commits changing a given file. The 2 ways for creating such a selection are:

1. tree view

• go to the "Tree View"
• select a file in the repo file tree pane
• right-click and select "show history of file"

2. In the commit history pane

• type the file path (relative path starting from the repo root) in the search box on the top right

As a result, all the commits in the commit history pane get highlighted.

The only thing missing here is a filter for showing only the highlighted files. It could be a button like the for the filters "All" "local" "<branch_name>" on the top of the commit history pane.