From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:18:30 GMT
Subject: Re: git log -S doesn't search stash WIPs
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802081208580.11591@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <57518fd10802080246p4a929b62tc6e260a16d3587@mail.gmail.com>

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

?

Hth,
Dscho