Track file Changes per Commit using Git Command

If you want to know the list of all files that were added/modified/updated or deleted for each commit in a branch, you can make use of the git log command with --name-status flag.

# git log --name-status

commit 0919b37fc90ab264f5759cd9966ef6838153f673 (HEAD -> main)
Author: Git User <email@example.com>
Date:   Thu Mar 14 12:00:00 2024 +0100

    Updated script2.py and script3.py, deleted script4.py

M       script1.py
M       script3.py
D       script4.py

commit 898fd171aaf7c60a108af0478cf04643d253e541
Author: Git User <email@example.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 13 12:00:00 2024 +0100

    Modified script2.py

M       script2.py

commit c57cdeff4640ee0c62d5f6c796282e722b39a26b
Author: Git User <email@example.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 12 12:00:00 2024 +0100

    Added script1.py and script2.py, modified script3.py

A       script1.py
A       script2.py
M       script3.py

As you may see in the above example, we have 3 commits details shown using the git log command with names and details of files that were committed in each step.