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git guilt — Show total blame count for files with unstaged changes or calculate the change in blame between two

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the git guilt command: Show total blame count for files with unstaged changes or calculate the change in blame between two revisions. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://manned.org/git-guilt>.

Solution

git guilt — Show total blame count for files with unstaged changes or calculate the change in blame between two revisions. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://manned.org/git-guilt>.

Show total blame count:

git guilt

Calculate the change in blame between two revisions:

git guilt {{first_revision}} {{last_revision}}

Show author emails instead of names:

git guilt {{[-e|--email]}}

Ignore whitespace only changes when attributing blame:

git guilt {{[-w|--ignore-whitespace]}}

Find blame delta over the last three weeks:

git guilt 'git log --until "3 weeks ago" --format "%H" {{[-n|--max-count]}} 1'

Find blame delta over the last three weeks (git 1.8.5+):

git guilt @{3.weeks.ago}

Code Snippets

Show total blame count

git guilt

Calculate the change in blame between two revisions

git guilt {{first_revision}} {{last_revision}}

Show author emails instead of names

git guilt {{[-e|--email]}}

Ignore whitespace only changes when attributing blame

git guilt {{[-w|--ignore-whitespace]}}

Find blame delta over the last three weeks

git guilt 'git log --until "3 weeks ago" --format "%H" {{[-n|--max-count]}} 1'

Context

tldr-pages: common/git guilt

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