git log --follow, the gitpython way

Question

I am trying to access the commit history of a single file as in:

git log --follow -- 

I have to use gitpython, so what I am doi

Answer 1

I'd suggest you to use PyDriller instead (it uses GitPython internally). Much easier to use:

for commit in RepositoryMining("path_to_repo", filepath="here_the_file").traverse_commits():
    # here you have the commit object
    print(commit.hash)

Answer 2

pydriller is awesome! thanks for recommending.

Answer 3

For example,

With range time:

g = git.Git("C:/path/to/your/repo") 
loginfo = g.log('--since=2013-09-01','--author=KIM BASINGER','--pretty=tformat:','--numstat')
print loginfo

Output:

3       2       path/in/your/solutions/some_file.cs

You can see the added lines, removed lines and the file with these changes.