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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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..07f5405 --- /dev/null +++ b/_tils/2020-10-11-search-changes-to-a-filename-pattern-in-git-history.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +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.md +--- + +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 - -- **/*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 %} |