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Re: git log -S or -G

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 6, 2018, 16:22 UTC
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On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 5:16 PM Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> wrote:
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> Git log -S or -G make it possible to find commits that have particular
> words in the changed lines.  Sometimes it would be helpful to search for
> words in the removed lines or in the added lines specifically.  From the
> implementation, I had the impression that this would be easy to implement.
> The main question would be how to allow the user to specify what is
> wanted.

As far as I know this isn't possible. The --diff-filter option is similar in spirit, but e.g. adding "foo" and then removing it from an existing file will both be covered under --diff-filter=M, so that isn't what you're looking for.

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  3. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2018
  4. Julia LawallOct 7, 2018
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  6. Jeff KingOct 9, 2018
  7. Jacob KellerOct 9, 2018
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  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 9, 2018
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