How to Find Out Which Files Changed Most Often in a Git Repository

I found this helpful command while cleaning up my Desktop - I cannot recall where I got it from :-/

git log --since 6.months.ago --numstat |
  awk '/^[0-9-]+/{ print $NF}' |
  sort |
  uniq -c |
  sort -nr |
  head

This will list the top 10 most often changed files in your git repository.

Why would you want to know this?

Well, several things come to my mind:

• you get a quick overview what was changed in the last couple of months
• this could indicate problems such as a god class, when a file shows up you did not expect

What do you think? Let me know!