On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Phil Hord <phil.hord@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra > <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> -S<string>:: >> - Look for differences that introduce or remove an instance of >> - <string>. Note that this is different than the string simply >> - appearing in diff output; see the 'pickaxe' entry in >> - linkgit:gitdiffcore[7] for more details. >> + Look for commits where the specified string was added or >> + removed. More precisely, find commits that change the number >> + of occurrences of the specified string. >> ++ >> +It is often useful when you're looking for an exact string (like a >> +function prototype), and want to know the history of that string since >> +it first came into being. >> >> -G<regex>:: > > It looks like you have deleted the -S and -G references here. Am I > reading this right? Doy! Yes, I was reading it wrong. Sorry for the noise there. Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html