https://vegatron.engineering/tags/git/Recent content in Git on Vegatron 🌈✨Hugoen-usThu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vegatron.engineering/posts/git-commands/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vegatron.engineering/posts/git-commands/<p>I still use git at the command line when I need some power.</p> <h2 id="finding-the-commit">Finding the commit</h2> <p>I use <code>git log -S 'SEARCH'</code> a lot. I can search for a string through the entire history, across refactors and renames.</p> <h2 id="the-log-format">The log format</h2> <p>All the options are defined in <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log">git-log docs</a>. There are so many ways to output the log for humans or other tools.</p> <p>If you find an output you want to save, you can add it into your <code>.gitconfig</code></p>