Search string int git repo using regex through all commits and branches

Question

I need to find a string, that corresponds to regex, in the whole git repository. Can i achive that using git tool? Thanks

Answer 1

git log -G <pattern>

does that. See the doc.

Answer 2

You can use the git rev-list command to search through the repo. If you want to search based on commit message use the - - grep option. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-list