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fnakstad
fnakstad

Reputation: 171

See changes applied to specified lines of code in a specified Git commit?

I am currently analysing a Git repo, and am trying to find out how code injected in a certain commit may evolve over time in subsequent commits. For example, given line 9 in commit 57176a..., what is the next commit in the master branch that modifies this line of code?

As far as I know git log and git blame work in the other direction: They can analyse a line in a given commit based on previous commits. However, what I would like to do is analyse a line in a given commit based on subsequent commits.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 139

Answers (1)

Wally Altman
Wally Altman

Reputation: 3545

The --reverse option for git blame can help you. If you run this:

git blame -L 9,9 --reverse 57176a..master your_file_name

git will start from the specified commit and search forward in the history until line 9 changes. The output will show you the last commit in which the line was unchanged.

Upvotes: 6

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