Find when a file was deleted in Git

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git log --full-history -- [file path] shows the changes of a file and works even if the file was deleted.

Example:

git log --full-history  -- [file path]

If you want to see only the last commit, which deleted the file, use -1 in addition to the command above. Example:

git log --full-history -1 -- [file path]

See also my article: Which commit deleted a file.

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