Re: Bug in git log -S

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: May 13, 2024, 05:55 UTC
Message-ID: <8bfa50e3-996a-407b-9c02-a9fcacfebc4f@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <ED9E5AD9-D15D-4E63-AF80-209EAAEBAD5C@gmail.com>

Am 13.05.24 um 03:40 schrieb Sam Clymer:

> There is a bug in git log -S where it doesn’t find every instance of
> the search string.

-S does not search for *every* instance of the search string, but only for those that change the number of occurrences of the search string in the repository.

For example, if you have a commit that only moves a line of code around that contains the search string, i.e., it removes the search string in one place and adds it in another places, this commit will not be listed, because it does not change the number of times that the search string occurs in the repository.

There is also -G. Maybe it is what you are looking for?

-- Hannes