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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T20:18:15+00:00 2026-05-12T20:18:15+00:00

To search for a string that has been added/removed in git history I can

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To search for a string that has been added/removed in git history I can do

git log -S'some text'

This works great except that it doesn’t search through merge commits. How do I get the command to include merge commits in the search?

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    2026-05-12T20:18:15+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 8:18 pm

    it appears that the -m flag gives me the desired result

    git log -m -S'some text'
    

    I found this on another site, if someone could point me in the direction of a man page that includes this flag that would be great. This one doesn’t include it http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html

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