How to find all old commits with a file added to .gitignore?

Question

git

I have a file that has been added to and removed from .gitignore several times. It is currently in .gitignore. How can I find all the commits it was committed to before, preferably in the github interface?

Answer 1

add this file manually (can be empty), and then look at its history.

touch ignored.txt
git add ignored.txt
git commit -m "add ignored.txt file"
git log ignored.txt