# sinclairtarget/git-who

Git blame for file trees

Repository: https://github.com/sinclairtarget/git-who
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-who
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-28T00:04:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 67, longevity 45
- inputs: {"age_days": 634, "days_push": 98, "days_rel": 221, "gap_med": 12, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2678, forks 54 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.902466+00:00)

## What it is
git-who is a command-line tool that answers 'who wrote this code?' at the level of file trees and subsystems rather than individual lines, like git blame for directories. It summarizes authorship contributions across a Git repository with table, tree, and list views.

## Use cases
- find out who is responsible for a subsystem or directory in a codebase
- identify maintainers for a component before filing an issue or sending a patch
- analyze contributor activity across an entire git repository
- determine who last edited parts of a file tree
- audit code ownership when onboarding to a new codebase
- find who will maintain a project area going forward

## When to choose
- you need authorship info for directories or whole components, not single lines
- you want a fast terminal-based summary of git contributor statistics
- you prefer a git-style CLI that works as 'git who'

## When to avoid
- you need line-by-line blame for a specific file (use git blame)
- you need a GUI or web-based code analytics dashboard
- you are not working with a git repository

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, version-control, cli, analytics
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: git, git-blame, code-authorship, file-trees, terminal, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sinclairtarget/git-who (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.902466+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:17:59.135184+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sinclairtarget/git-who (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.902466+00:00, sha 0ccf19262207)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.