On Nov 7, 2016, at 5:15AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, I find it very practical to have a quick way to know when a file was 
> last changed that doesn't involve git magic like wading through `git blame` 
> output or simply invoking an external command. Of course YMMV and it's not 
> something I use everyday, but as long as it's indeed something that has to be 
> put in place on dev machines and there's no formal rule to forbid it we 
> should be fine.
> 
> R.

Rene,

What is wrong with `git log -1 <path>`? Such as 
{{{
: git log -1 kde/kde/Portfile
commit a3466e1366fe79ffe3d69cc94ae0dc7628c67bc3
Author: Nicolas Pavillon <ni...@macports.org>
Date:   Sun Dec 21 13:03:56 2014 +0000

    kde: update to 4.14.3
    
    git-svn-id: 
https://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports@129833 
d073be05-634f-4543-b044-5fe20cf6d1d6
}}}

-Sterling

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