Find last commit in Git repo that contains a certain string pattern

Question

I want to go back in time to the last commit which contained code such as, "ThisClass(object):". That code was subsequently removed from the project in a later commit.

I thought about using git bisect + grep/awk-ing. I've also heard that git grep may allow you to do this sort of thing, though I can't figure out the right command in the man pages.

Any thoughts?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '12 at 17:45

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Use the -S (search) argument to git log:

git log -S 'ThisClass(object):'

answered May 03 '12 at 17:45

Ethan Brown

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Yep, that's the one. Thanks Ethan – Ben May 03 '12 at 19:17
This seems to search the commit comments. Seems that the OP wanted to search the code for a string. – Doo Dah Jan 29 '13 at 20:28
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Incorrect, Doo Dah: the -S option explicitly searches for commits that add or delete the search string (not in comments). – Ethan Brown Jan 29 '13 at 22:35

Find last commit in Git repo that contains a certain string pattern

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