On Sat, Mar 25, 2023, at 13:31, Mario Grgic wrote: > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > Nothing is found, when in fact the search for term is present in the git > history > > What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? > git should print out the commit containing the search term. Weird. It works for me. $ mkdir test $ cd test $ git init $ [add file] $ # This was missing from the instructions $ git add --all $ git commit -m 'added test file' $ git log --all -p -G '\bmain\b' commit 56fbac5e12649c4de95071cc1872569d7c34055e (HEAD -> main) Author: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat Mar 25 13:33:51 2023 +0100 added test file diff --git a/test.c b/test.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bffa6a --- /dev/null +++ b/test.c @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) +{ + return 0; +} + . [System Info] git version: git version 2.40.0 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.4.0-144-generic #161~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 10 15:55:22 UTC 2023 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 7.5 libc info: glibc: 2.27 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash [Enabled Hooks] -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk