Re: [Q] Finding the commit that removed a symbol?

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BFBrian Foster <brian.foster@innova-card.com>

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Aug 5, 2008, 12:00 UTC

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On Tuesday 05 August 2008 13:47:35 Jonathan del Strother wrote:

>[ ... ]
> You probably want git log -S'MySymbol'

Jonathan,

  Thanks!  That did it, exactly (finding, in fact, only
 two commits:  The one that added the symbol, and the one
 I was looking for, the one that removed it).

  I was unwares of ‘-S’ because git-log(1) for v1.5.2.5
 did not list it (albeit it seems to exist).  Consulting
 the v1.5.5 documentation, it's listed.  Thanks to whoever
 fixed/updated the documentation.

cheers!
	-blf-

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