git-fame
Generate contribution statistics by author
TLDR
Show line statistics
SYNOPSIS
git fame [options] [path]
DESCRIPTION
git fame generates contribution statistics showing lines of code, commits, and files per author. It provides a comprehensive view of who contributed what to the codebase, using blame analysis to count current lines attributed to each author.
Output includes percentages for relative contribution comparison. The tool is useful for understanding code ownership patterns and team contribution distribution.
PARAMETERS
PATH
Path to analyze.--sort FIELD
Sort by loc, commits, or files.--exclude PATTERN
Exclude paths.--everything
Include all file types.--branch BRANCH
Analyze specific branch.--help
Display help information.
CAVEATS
Blame-based counting can be slow. Binary files excluded. Last modifier gets credit.
HISTORY
git fame provides contribution analysis similar to tools like git-fame-rb and other repository statistics generators.
SEE ALSO
git-effort(1), git-authors(1), git-shortlog(1)
