Figure I would share this, as I just needed to do this.
We have a massive git repo for an Engauge Analytics project we are working on. Tons of the...
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You might want to check out the options on the
git logcommand as well, as it can be used to search across all history rather than just all current branches. For example to search all commit messages for the string "foo bar baz":If you want to search file contents, you can use the "pickaxe". Not sure how you do multiple words, but for the single word "foo":
This will search all commits for the word "foo" being added or removed.
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi! Great post! I was in need of the same thing. One question, though. Does this search across all branches but also across all commits inside each branch (=the whole repo, at each of the stages)? Thanks.
Nice, just what I needed.
Thanks.
So why wouldn't you simply pull that branch locally and search for the string using your IDE / Editor?
I want sure what branch the change was in.
great