How to search a Git repository by commit message

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I checked some source code into GIT with the commit message  Build 0051    However  I can t seem to find that source code any more - how do I extract this source from the GIT repository  using the command line   Update   Checked in versions 0043  0044  0045 and 0046 using SmartGIT  Checked out 0043  and checked in versions up to 0051 on a different branch  Checked out 0043 again  Now  0051 has disappeared    Update  The source code is definitely there  now its a matter of checking it out   C  Source gt git log -g --grep  0052  commit 77b1f718d19e5cf46e2fab8405a9a0859c9c2889 Reflog  HEAD  10   unknown  lt Mike   none  gt   Reflog message  commit  20110819 - 1724 - GL  Intermediate version  File version   v0 5 0 build 0052  Author  unknown  lt Mike   none  gt  Date    Fri Aug 19 17 24 51 2011  0100      20110819 - 1724 - GL  Intermediate version  File version  v0 5 0 build 0052   C  Source gt

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Though a bit late  there is    which is the dedicated notation to specify a commit  or revision  based on the commit message  just prefix the search string with     e g   git show   keyword s   Here  lt keywords gt  can be a single word  or a complex regex pattern consisting of whitespaces  so please make sure to quote escape when necessary  e g   git log -1 -p  quot   a few words quot   Alternatively  a start point can be specified  to find the closest commit reachable from a specific point  e g   git show  HEAD   fix nasty bug    See  git revisions manual

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If the change is not too old  you can do   git reflog  and then checkout the commit id

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This   git log --oneline --grep  Searched phrase    or this   git log --oneline --name-status --grep  Searched phrase    commands work best for me

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git log --grep  Build 0051    should do the trick

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For anyone who wants to pass in arbitrary strings which are exact matches  And not worry about escaping regex special characters   git log takes a --fixed-strings option git log --fixed-strings --grep  quot  SEARCH TERM quot

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first to list the commits use git log --oneline  then find the SHA of the commit  Message   then I used  git log --stat 8zad24d   8zad24d  is the SHA assosiated with the commit you are intrested in  the first couples sha example  8zad24d  you can select 4 char  or 6 or 8 or the entire sha  to find the right info

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git log --grep  lt pattern gt              Limit the commits output to ones with log message that matches the             specified pattern  regular expression

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I put this in my    gitconfig   alias      find   log --pretty   quot format  Cgreen H  Cblue s  quot  --name-status --grep  Then I can type  quot git find string quot  and I get a list of all the commits containing that string in the message  For example  to find all commits referencing ticket  33  029a641667d6d92e16deccae7ebdeef792d8336b Added isAttachmentEditable   and isAttachmentViewable   methods   references  33  M       library Dbs Db Row Login php  a1bccdcd29ed29573d2fb799e2a564b5419af2e2 Add permissions checks for attachments of custom strategies   references  33   M       application controllers AttachmentController php  38c8db557e5ec0963a7292aef0220ad1088f518d Fix permissions   references  33  M       application views scripts attachment  row phtml  041db110859e7259caeffd3fed7a3d7b18a3d564 Fix permissions   references  33  M       application views scripts attachment index phtml  388df3b4faae50f8a8d8beb85750dd0aa67736ed Added getStrategy   method   references  33  M       library Dbs Db Row Attachment php

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Try this   git log   grep -b3  Build 0051

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To search across all the branches  git log --all --grep  Build 0051    Once you know which commit you want to get to  git checkout  lt the commit hash gt

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To search the commit log  across all branches  for the given text   git log --all --grep  Build 0051    To search the actual content of commits through a repo s history  use   git grep  Build 0051    git rev-list --all    to show all instances of the given text  the containing file name  and the commit sha1   Finally  as a last resort in case your commit is dangling and not connected to history at all  you can search the reflog itself with the -g flag  short for --walk-reflogs   git log -g --grep  Build 0051    EDIT  if you seem to have lost your history  check the reflog as your safety net  Look for Build 0051 in one of the commits listed by  git reflog   You may have simply set your HEAD to a part of history in which the  Build 0051  commit is not visible  or you may have actually blown it away  The git-ready reflog  article may be of help   To recover your commit from the reflog  do a git checkout of the commit you found  and optionally make a new branch or tag of it for reference   git checkout 77b1f718d19e5cf46e2fab8405a9a0859c9c2889   alternative  using reflog  see git-ready link provided    git checkout HEAD  10  git checkout -b build 0051   make a new branch with the build 0051 as the tip

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