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Re: Searching all git objects

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SGSam G. <ceptorial@comcast.net>
Date
Jun 26, 2008, 22:23 UTC
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git-lost-found actually did it... she had git-stashed it a number of times throughout development, so through some grepping of the lost- found objects, we were able to find a very close version. What a relief! Thanks to everyone for your help!

-Sam
On Jun 25, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Sam G." <ceptorial@comcast.net> writes:
>
>> And, just in case, is there any way to
>> search raw objects for text, either commit text, file name or  
>> content?
>> Thanks very much!
>
> Or run "git lost-found" and grep for blobs in .git/lost-found/other/*
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  4. Sam G.Jun 26, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2008
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