How do I find commit messages that contain certain words?

Question

I want to search commits in my repository and find ones that contain 2 specific words in their commit messages (say, wordA AND wordB). How can I do that?

Answer 1

If the words must go together, just put them between "

git log --grep "wordA wordB"

If they are not together but the order is always the same you can do this with a regex:

git log --grep "wordA.*wordB"