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Re: 'git --grep' doesn't grep notes?

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Aug 27, 2012, 19:09 UTC
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"Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam+listmail@codegnome.org> writes:
> What is the right way to include notes in log searches, especially if
> the end goal is to find the related commit ID?

You can git grep on refs/notes/commits and s,/,,g on the file name found.

Andreas.
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