Tab character showing as \x09

GIT quick statistics

git-quick-stats is a simple and efficient way to access various statistics in a git repository.

Any git repository may contain tons of information about commits, contributors, and files. Extracting this information is not always trivial, mostly because there are a gadzillion options to a gadzillion git commands – I don’t think there is a single person alive who knows them all. Probably not even Linus Torvalds himself :).

Screenshots

Usage

Interactive

git-quick-stats has a built-in interactive menu that can be executed as such:

git-quick-stats

Or

git quick-stats

Non-interactive

For those who prefer to utilize command-line options, git-quick-stats also has a non-interactive mode supporting both short and long options:

git-quick-stats <optional-command-to-execute-directly>

Or

git quick-stats <optional-command-to-execute-directly>

Command-line arguments

Possible arguments in short and long form:

GENERATE OPTIONS
    -T, --detailed-git-stats
        give a detailed list of git stats
    -R, --git-stats-by-branch
        see detailed list of git stats by branch
    -c, --changelogs
        see changelogs
    -L, --changelogs-by-author
        see changelogs by author
    -S, --my-daily-stats
        see your current daily stats
    -V, --csv-output-by-branch
        output daily stats by branch in CSV format
    -j, --json-output
        save git log as a JSON formatted file to a specified area

LIST OPTIONS
    -b, --branch-tree
        show an ASCII graph of the git repo branch history
    -D, --branches-by-date
        show branches by date
    -C, --contributors
        see a list of everyone who contributed to the repo
    -a, --commits-per-author
        displays a list of commits per author
    -d, --commits-per-day
        displays a list of commits per day
    -Y, --commits-by-year
        displays a list of commits per year
    -m, --commits-by-month
        displays a list of commits per month
    -w, --commits-by-weekday
        displays a list of commits per weekday
    -W, --commits-by-author-by-weekday
        displays a list of commits per weekday by author
    -o, --commits-by-hour
        displays a list of commits per hour
    -A, --commits-by-author-by-hour
        displays a list of commits per hour by author
    -z, --commits-by-timezone
        displays a list of commits per timezone
    -Z, --commits-by-author-by-timezone
        displays a list of commits per timezone by author

SUGGEST OPTIONS
    -r, --suggest-reviewers
        show the best people to contact to review code
    -h, -?, --help
        display this help text in the terminal

Git log since and until

You can set the variables _GIT_SINCE and/or _GIT_UNTIL before running git-quick-stats to limit the git log. These work similar to git's built-in --since and --until log options.

export _GIT_SINCE="2017-01-20"
export _GIT_UNTIL="2017-01-22"

Once set, run git quick-stats as normal. Note that this affects all stats that parse the git log history until unset.

Git log limit

You can set variable _GIT_LIMIT for limited output. It will affect the "changelogs" and "branch tree" options. The default limit is 10.

export _GIT_LIMIT=20

Git log options

You can set _GIT_LOG_OPTIONS for git log options:

export _GIT_LOG_OPTIONS="--ignore-all-space --ignore-blank-lines"

Git pathspec

You can exclude a directory from the stats by using pathspec

export _GIT_PATHSPEC=':!directory'

You can also exclude files from the stats. Note that it works with any alphanumeric, glob, or regex that git respects.

export _GIT_PATHSPEC=':!package-lock.json'

Git merge view strategy

You can set the variable _GIT_MERGE_VIEW to enable merge commits to be part of the stats by setting _GIT_MERGE_VIEW to enable. You can also choose to only show merge commits by setting _GIT_MERGE_VIEW to exclusive. Default is to not show merge commits. These work similar to git's built-in --merges and --no-merges log options.

export _GIT_MERGE_VIEW="enable"
export _GIT_MERGE_VIEW="exclusive"

Git branch

You can set the variable _GIT_BRANCH to set the branch of the stats. Works with commands --git-stats-by-branch and --csv-output-by-branch.

export _GIT_BRANCH="master"

Color themes

You can change to the legacy color scheme by toggling the variable _MENU_THEME between default and legacy

export _MENU_THEME="legacy"

Installation

Debian and Ubuntu

If you are on at least Debian Bullseye or Ubuntu Focal you can use apt for installation:

apt install git-quick-stats

UNIX and Linux

git clone https://github.com/arzzen/git-quick-stats.git && cd git-quick-stats
sudo make install

For uninstalling, open up the cloned directory and run

sudo make uninstall

For update/reinstall

sudo make reinstall

macOS (homebrew)

brew install git-quick-stats

Or you can follow the UNIX and Linux instructions if you wish.

Windows

If you are installing with Cygwin, use these scripts:

If you are wishing to use this with WSL, follow the UNIX and Linux instructions.

Docker

You can use the Docker image provided:

Build: docker build -t arzzen/git-quick-stats .
Run interactive menu: docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/git arzzen/git-quick-stats
Docker pull command: docker pull arzzen/git-quick-stats docker repository

System requirements

An OS with a Bash shell
Tools we use:

awk
basename
cat
column
echo
git
grep
head
printf
seq
sort
tput
tr
uniq

Dependencies

bsdmainutils apt install bsdmainutils

FAQ

Q: I get some errors after run git-quick-stats in cygwin like /usr/local/bin/git-quick-stats: line 2: $'\r': command not found

A: You can run the dos2unix app in cygwin as follows: /bin/dos2unix.exe /usr/local/bin/git-quick-stats. This will convert the script from the CR-LF convention that Microsoft uses to the LF convention that UNIX, OS X, and Linux use. You should then should be able to run it as normal.

Q: How they could be used in a project with many git projects and statistics would show a summary of all git projects?

A: If you want to include submodule logs, you can try using the following: export _GIT_LOG_OPTIONS="-p --submodule=log" (more info about git log --submodule)

Contribution

Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page.

Code reviews

All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review.
We use GitHub pull requests for this purpose.

Some tips for good pull requests

Use our code
When in doubt, try to stay true to the existing code of the project.
Write a descriptive commit message. What problem are you solving and what are the consequences? Where and what did you test? Some good tips: here and here.
If your PR consists of multiple commits which are successive improvements / fixes to your first commit, consider squashing them into a single commit (git rebase -i) such that your PR is a single commit on top of the current HEAD. This make reviewing the code so much easier, and our history more readable.