Git search for string in a files of the certain commit

Question

I have a number of files containing a string foo. Also, I added foo to the new and old files with a certain commit.

I tried Case-insensitive git pickaxe search

git log -S foo -i --oneline

but it shows only commit titles.

I tried

git diff [commit] [prev_commit] | grep foo

but it does not show filenames. I just want to get a list of created or modified files with foo string.

Romain Valeri · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-15 15:33:06Z

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You're just short an option, try with --name-only and it'll show file names.

answered Apr 15, 2019 at 15:33

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vovan Over a year ago

git log -S foo -i --oneline --name-only shows all history instead of the only certain commit, but it solves my problem. Thanks!

Romain Valeri Over a year ago

Just limit to one commit and point to the right one (-1 <commitHash>) within your log command : git log -S foo -i --oneline --name-only -1 <commitHash> or alternatively use git show

padawin · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-15 15:40:20Z

By default, git log does not show the content of the commits, but you were on the good direction:

git log -S foo -i --oneline --patch

the --patch option will show the content of each commit.

EDIT: Actually it is not quite what you needed, as you did not ask for the commit content, just the filenames. If you don't want the content, @RomainValeri's answer is better.

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