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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T00:42:12+00:00 2026-06-08T00:42:12+00:00

How is possible to get the date in which a file appeared for the

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How is possible to get the date in which a file appeared for the first time in a branch.

Currently I’m using the following. The problem is that for merges it returns the creation date in the original branch instead of returning the date of the merge.


$ git log --first-parent --format=%ct FILE

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    2026-06-08T00:42:14+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 12:42 am

    Looks like this problem is fixed in version 1.7.9.1 https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.1.txt

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