Search Git Commits Using Regex

Question

I have a Git repository that contains hundreds of commits and several branches. How to search a particular commit that contains a certain string e.g. "helper function"? Ideally, the string can be denoted by a regex.

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Peter O'Callaghan
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2012-01-28 13:07:53 +00:00
Commented Jan 28, 2012 at 13:07 — Peter O'Callaghan
– Peter O'Callaghan, Commented Jan 28, 2012 at 13:07

knittl · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-04 06:08:19Z

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Newer versions of Git support git log -G<regex>:

git log -G'helper.*function' --full-history --all

This command will search for the regex in the diff of each commit, and only display commits which introduced a change that matches the regex.

edited May 4, 2023 at 6:08

answered Jan 28, 2012 at 13:22

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Eosis Over a year ago

This was the answer I was looking for, and how I understood the question was written.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:45:22Z

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git log --all --grep='Build 0051'

# case insensitive
git log --all --grep='Build 0051' -i

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:45

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staafl Over a year ago

This looks for the regex in the commit message as opposed to knittl's answer, where -G<regex> searches through the commit's diff.

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