How to search a Git repository by content (i.e., a regexp in across all previous states of a repo, not just commit messages)

Asked Jun 09 '20 at 19:26

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That is basically it: I would like to search for a specific expression across all the previous states of my repo.

I have read that one can search all past commits one by one or searching for the commit message, but not for content.

Before using git I had different versions stored in my folder, so I would just need to search across files an expression that I used in one of my previous versions that I wanted to find again. However, using git I don't know how to go about that.

edited Jun 09 '20 at 19:27

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asked Jun 09 '20 at 19:26

Emmanuel Goldstein

So like a repository-wide, recursive text search across all versions of your repo? – Greg Burghardt Jun 09 '20 at 19:46
What about the "pickaxe"? – matt Jun 09 '20 at 19:56
Yes, recursive text search accross all versions. Wouldn't that be useful? What is pickaxe? – Emmanuel Goldstein Jun 10 '20 at 03:49
No comments? I´m surprised this feature is not implemented yet. – Emmanuel Goldstein Jun 15 '20 at 20:09
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Does this answer your question? [How to grep (search) committed code in the Git history](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2928584/how-to-grep-search-committed-code-in-the-git-history) – Louay Al-osh Jan 31 '22 at 15:27
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solution found here https://stackoverflow.com/a/2929502/8667766 – Louay Al-osh Jan 31 '22 at 15:28

How to search a Git repository by content (i.e., a regexp in across all previous states of a repo, not just commit messages)

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