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diff --git a/_tils/2020-10-11-search-changes-to-a-filename-pattern-in-git-history.md b/_tils/2020-10-11-search-changes-to-a-filename-pattern-in-git-history.md deleted file mode 100644 index 251abe9..0000000 --- a/_tils/2020-10-11-search-changes-to-a-filename-pattern-in-git-history.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ ---- - -title: Search changes to a filename pattern in Git history - -date: 2020-10-11 - -layout: post - -lang: en - -ref: search-changes-to-a-filename-pattern-in-git-history - -eu_categories: git - ---- - -This is [yet][git-til-1] [another][git-til-2] ["search in Git"][git-til-3] TIL -entry. You could say that Git has a unintuitive CLI, or that is it very -powerful. - -I wanted to search for an old file that I new that was in the -history of the repository, but was deleted some time ago. So I didn't really -remember the name, only bits of it. - -I immediately went to the list of TILs I had written on searching in Git, but -it wasn't readily obvious how to do it, so here it goes: - -```shell -git log -- *pattern* -``` - -You could add globs before the pattern to match things on any directory, and add -our `-p` friend to promptly see the diffs: - -```shell -git log -p -- **/*pattern* -``` - -[git-til-1]: {% link _tils/2020-08-14-browse-a-git-repository-at-a-specific-commit.md %} -[git-til-2]: {% link _tils/2020-08-16-search-in-git.md %} -[git-til-3]: {% link _tils/2020-08-28-grep-online-repositories.md %} |