Re: Most recent revision that contains a string

On Aug 21 2016, Eric Wong [off-list ref] wrote:

Nikolaus Rath [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

What's the easiest way to find the most recent revision (of any file in
the repository, including those that have been deleted in the current
HEAD) that contains a given string?

I normally do something like:

	git log -r --raw -p -SSTRING
	git log -r --raw -p -GREGEXP

You can also add --diff-filter=D to filter only on deletes.

Great, thanks!

Btw, please don't set these headers on kernel.org lists:

	Mail-Copies-To: never
	Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org

Like any mail server, vger fails from time-to-time and
reply-to-all prevents it from being a single point of failure.

Huh? If the list-server fails only I will receive the message so it's
still lost for everyone else. But I am more than happy to take this
little risk if it saves me from the nuisance of getting duplicate
responses.

Best,
-Nikolaus

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