Basic Git Grep Command
git grep
is the Git-integrated version of the grep
command, specifically designed for searching through the files in your current working directory. However, when you need to search through the entire history of a repository, you’ll use a combination of git log
and grep
.
How to Search Through Committed Code in Git History Using Grep?
Searching through the history of committed code in a Git repository is an important skill for developers. It allows you to track changes, find the introduction of bugs, understand the evolution of the codebase, and more.
One powerful tool that provides this process is grep
, a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets. This article will explore the one method to grep through committed code in the Git history.