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Re: git log -S doesn't search stash WIPs

From
Jonathan del Strother <maillist@steelskies.com>
Date
Feb 9, 2008, 15:18 UTC
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<57518fd10802090718w2ab705aeg6cb1c531666d52a2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 8, 2008 12:18 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jonathan del Strother wrote:
>
> > "git log --all -Sfoo" doesn't find strings introduced in stash WIP
> > commits, only the stash index.
>
> It is a little unfortunate that a stash will do this:
>
> HEAD ------- stash
>     \       /
>       index
>
> In other words, the index will be "committed" as a regular commit, but the
> working directory will actually be a "merge commit".
>
> So you need to add "--cc" to see the commit.
>
> Further, the stash is not just a branch.  The stash is actually a stack of
> reflogs.  So could you try again, with
>
>         $ git log --cc -Sfoo --walk-reflogs stash

Hmmm, I'm a little fuzzy on why --cc helps, though it looks like either or both of --cc and --walk-reflogs will do the trick. Thanks for the help Jon

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