# git effort

> Display how much activity a file has had, showing commits per file and "active days" i.e. total number of days that contributed to the file.
> Part of `git-extras`.
> More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-effort>.

- Display each file in the repository, showing commits and active days:

`git effort`

- Display files modified by a specific number of commits or more, showing commits and active days:

`git effort --above {{5}}`

- Display files modified by a specific author, showing commits and active days:

`git effort -- --author="{{username}}"`

- Display files modified since a specific time/date, showing commits and active days:

`git effort -- --since="{{last month}}"`

- Display only the specified files or directories, showing commits and active days:

`git effort {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`

- Display all files in a specific directory, showing commits and active days:

`git effort {{path/to/directory/*}}`