How to Search in Git History

To search through Git history, you can use the git log command with different options depending on what you’re looking for. Here are some examples:

• Search for a specific commit message:

git log --grep="commit message"

Replace “commit message” with the text you’re searching for.

• Search for commits by author:

git log --author="author name"

Replace “author name” with the name of the author you’re searching for.

• Search for commits by date range:

git log --after="yyyy-mm-dd" --before="yyyy-mm-dd"

Replace “yyyy-mm-dd” with the start and end dates of the range you’re searching for.

• Search for commits that added or removed a specific string:

git log -S"search string"

Replace “search string” with the text you’re searching for.

• Search for commits that modified a specific file:

git log --follow -- <file>

Replace with the path to the file you’re searching for.

Note that these commands only show the matching commits. To see the full details of each commit, add the -p option to the git log command.