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Re: How to find a commit that introduces (not removes) a string?

From
Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 4, 2011, 10:59 UTC
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<4EB3C588.501@gmail.com>
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On 03.11.2011 10:50, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> I know about git log's -S / -G, but I'm unable to make these search through *introduced* strings only. Is there a way to do so?
Thanks for your suggestions. However, I ended up simply doing
$ git diff --no-color FROM..TO | grep ^+[^+] | grep WORD
which works well for my case.
-- 
Sebastian Schuberth
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Message 4 of 4 in “How to find a commit that introduces (not removes) a string?”
  1. Sebastian SchuberthNov 3, 2011
  2. Neal KreitzingerNov 3, 2011
  3. Vijay LakshminarayananNov 3, 2011
  4. Sebastian SchuberthNov 4, 2011

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