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I have to display the number of lines added(and deleted) to a certain file by all commits.

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slightly off topic isn't it. – rlemon Jan 4 '12 at 21:53
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I think this question is fine. It's no more off-topic than a question about Firefox, Gedit, or unrar, isn't it? (Programmers, by the way, is the wrong site - via their FAQ: "not about [...] programming tools (ask on Stack Overflow instead)") – Stefano Palazzo♦ Jan 5 '12 at 15:50
@StefanoPalazzo: i think you're right, i've removed my comment. – tohuwawohu Jan 5 '12 at 17:09
I closed on a whim :(... foey. I think this should be reopened. – RolandiXor♦ Jan 8 '12 at 23:47

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Use git log --numstat --oneline <Filename>. This will give you a list of commits for file <Filename>, with two lines for each commit, using this syntax:

[sha hash] [commit title line]
[lines added] [lines removed] [path to file in repository]
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