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Translated

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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Sourcegit-pkgs/skills

Added on2026-08-15

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add git-pkgs/skills history

SKILL.md Content

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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

history

NPX Install

Tags

SKILL.md Content

Dependency History

Commands

When to use