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# patch text, 2010-08-23)
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Hi Chris,

C or L Smith wrote:

> One thing I find myself wishing for is the ability to find a line
> that has been modified by using gitk. It seems to me that if I have
> the following in a diff
> 
> - def foo(this)
> + def foo(this, that=False)
> 
> that I can't find the line by searching for foo.

Junio finished the plumbing. :)

 git log -G<regexp>

finds commits that add or remove a line matching <regexp>.  It's
handy.

> would like to know how foo has changed and I would like to search
> for "def foo" without knowing what else is on the line. Perhaps an
> option "find commit 'with string'" could be added to "find commit
> 'adding/removing'".

This piece still needs writing.

Thanks for a nice suggestion.
Jonathan



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