I did some bisecting and this is broken for me on git-2.39.2 as well, but works in git-2.38.4 and previous versions (tried 2.30.0 as well).

On Mar 25, 2023, at 8:42 AM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023, at 13:31, Mario Grgic wrote:

quoted

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
Nothing is found, when in fact the search for term is present in the git
history

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
git should print out the commit containing the search term.

Weird. It works for me.

   $ mkdir test
   $ cd test
   $ git init
   $ [add file]
   $ # This was missing from the instructions
   $ git add --all
   $ git commit -m 'added test file'
   $ git log --all -p -G '\bmain\b'
   commit 56fbac5e12649c4de95071cc1872569d7c34055e (HEAD -> main)
   Author: Kristoffer Haugsbakk [off-list ref]
   Date:   Sat Mar 25 13:33:51 2023 +0100

       added test file

   diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
   new file mode 100644
   index 0000000..0bffa6a
   --- /dev/null
   +++ b/test.c
   @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
   +int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
   +{
   +    return 0;
   +}
   +

.

   [System Info]
   git version:
   git version 2.40.0
   cpu: x86_64
   no commit associated with this build
   sizeof-long: 8
   sizeof-size_t: 8
   shell-path: /bin/sh
   uname: Linux 5.4.0-144-generic #161~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 10 15:55:22 UTC 2023 x86_64
   compiler info: gnuc: 7.5
   libc info: glibc: 2.27
   $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash


   [Enabled Hooks]

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk