"git log --all -Sfoo" doesn't find strings introduced in stash WIP commits, only the stash index. That is, if I do : $ echo foo >> file $ git add file $ echo bar >> file $ git stash Saved working directory and index state "WIP on master: 00495fc... initial" (To restore them type "git stash apply") HEAD is now at 00495fc... initial $ git log --all -Sfoo commit a8834ce80ebdf84e6579280c1fc75cdb7b4ac7c9 Author: Jonathan del Strother <me@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Feb 8 10:43:44 2008 +0000 index on master: 00495fc... initial $ git log --all -Sbar <this space intentionally left blank> Is this intentional? Am I missing some git-log option that would allow me to search the stash WIPs? - 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