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From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to find a commit that introduces (not removes) a string?
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On 03.11.2011 10:50, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:

> I know about git log's -S / -G, but I'm unable to make these search through *introduced* strings only. Is there a way to do so?

Thanks for your suggestions. However, I ended up simply doing

$ git diff --no-color FROM..TO | grep ^+[^+] | grep WORD

which works well for my case.

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth