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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T22:15:14+00:00 2026-05-13T22:15:14+00:00

Is there a simple Git command to determine the creation date of a file

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Is there a simple Git command to determine the “creation date” of a file in a repository, i.e. the date it was first added?

It would be best if it can determine this even through file renames/moves. I’d like it to be a computer-readable one-line output; it may be that I haven’t figured out the correct git log <fname> options to do this.

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    2026-05-13T22:15:15+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    git log --follow --format=%ad --date default <FILE> | tail -1

    With this command you can out all date about this file and extract the last

    The option %ad shows the date in the format specified by the –date setting, one of relative, local, iso, iso-strict, rfc, short, raw, human, unix, format:<strftime-string>, default.

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