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Track dependency change history, find who added each dependency, and understand why packages were introduced. Use when investigating when a dependency was added or changed, who introduced it, or which commits modified dependencies.

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dependency-trackinggit-pkgsdependency-historycommit-analysispackage-management

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Dependency History

Understand how and why dependencies changed over time.

Commands

Show change history for a package (or all packages):
bash
git-pkgs history lodash
git-pkgs history
List commits that modified dependencies:
bash
git-pkgs log
Show who added each dependency:
bash
git-pkgs blame
Show why a dependency was added (commit, author, message):
bash
git-pkgs why lodash
git-pkgs why pkg:npm/lodash
Binary search for a dependency-related change (like 
git bisect
but only considers dependency commits):
bash
git-pkgs bisect start
git-pkgs bisect good v1.0.0
git-pkgs bisect bad HEAD
Show aggregate dependency statistics:
bash
git-pkgs stats

When to use

  • When investigating when or why a dependency was added
  • When finding who to ask about a specific package
  • When tracking down when a dependency change caused a problem
  • When reviewing the overall dependency change velocity of a project