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Date:   Sun, 21 Aug 2016 02:46:47 +0000
From:   Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To:     Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>
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Subject: Re: Most recent revision that contains a string
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Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> wrote:
> 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.


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