# Git log command doesn't run as expected. 2 messages from 2018-07-10 to 2018-07-10. Participants: 周应天, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/48851 ## 周应天, 2018-07-10 11:16 Subject: Git log command doesn't run as expected. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/F261A512-F38D-45F2-8F4F-A932B9BEA6A1%40126.com ``` Hi, I’m using following command to do some search work: git log --all -G 'some regexp' -p — path/to/my/file. But the output could miss some commit. (For example, I grep a little piece of code from a commit diff message(properly handled for regexp), but when I use the command above to search that code, I could not get that commit.) I wonder that it is because I use it in a wrong way? Then what should I do to correct it. Thanks! ``` ## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2018-07-10 12:18 Subject: Re: Git log command doesn't run as expected. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACBZZX7_iiVu6scdpc4z-rG3wwjC-cwwOOO88vjwKGYqe2FTWQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 1:16 PM, 周应天 wrote: > Hi, > I’m using following command to do some search work: > git log --all -G 'some regexp' -p — path/to/my/file. > But the output could miss some commit. (For example, I grep a little piece of code from a commit diff message(properly handled for regexp), but when I use the command above to search that code, I could not get that commit.) > I wonder that it is because I use it in a wrong way? Then what should I do to correct it. Have you tried with --full-history? Does that find what you're looking for? ```