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I need to do a search on a git repo across all local branches, how would I do that
You can search a git repository across all local branches using
git grep
, which is a powerful tool that lets you search through your git repository. This is how you can do it:bash git grep <search_term> $(git rev-list --all)
Here,
<search_term>
is the term you're searching for.This command works by:
git grep <search_term>
: This will search the specific term in your git repository.$(git rev-list --all)
: This command lists all commit hashes. Output of this command is passed togit grep
, which then uses these commit hashes to do the search operation.
Remember to replace
<search_term>
with the term or string you are looking for.what git branch is this commit in? 2e0821d5d9a71a45841bcd5d2c13f4e744b4e175
To find out in which branches a specific commit (in your case
2e0821d5d9a71a45841bcd5d2c13f4e744b4e175
) is present, you can use the following git command:bash git branch --contains 2e0821d5d9a71a45841bcd5d2c13f4e744b4e175
This
git branch --contains <commit>
command will list all branches that contain the specified commit.Keep in mind that this operation may take a while if you have many branches or a large repository.
Also, remember to replace
2e0821d5d9a71a45841bcd5d2c13f4e744b4e175
with the actual commit hash you're interested in.