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Colas
Colas

Reputation: 3573

Search in all the versions of a file of git repo

I have a folder on my computer which is a git repo. This folder contains a file (amongst many other) named fileA

I would like to search a string str in the content of all (or of a subset of all) the committed versions fileA.

Is it possible?

I am not an expert in git, I use SourceTree to manage the repo.

I'm interested by any solution. For instance, a solution using GitLab ou GitHub is fine for me.

A solution with SourceTree

A solution via a command to execute in the terminal has been given 👍.

Is there a solution with SourceTree?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 553

Answers (2)

Olivier
Olivier

Reputation: 327

For a "graphical" solution using SourceTree, I guess you will have to open a new issue with a new feature request on their Jira tracking webpage:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN

Upvotes: 0

phd
phd

Reputation: 94417

See grep-all alias:

grep-all = !"f() { git rev-list --all | xargs git grep \"$@\"; }; f"

The alias lists all revisiosn in all branches with git rev-list --all and runs git grep on every revision.

To adapt it for grepping one file do

git rev-list --all | xargs -I% git --no-pager grep -F -e str % -- fileA

PS. Full disclosure: I am a contributor and reviewer in the linked repository.

Upvotes: 2

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