In Git, how could I search for a file or directory by path across a number of branches?
I've written something in a branch, but I don't remember which one. Now I need to find it.
Clarification: I'm looking for a file which I created on one of my branches. I'd like to find it by path, and not by its contents, as I don't remember what the contents are.
git ls-tree might help. To search across all existing branches:
for branch in `git branch | sed 's/\*//'`; do
echo $branch :; git ls-tree $branch | grep '<foo>'
done
You could use gitk --all and search for commits "touching paths" and the pathname you are interested in.
git log will find it for you:
% git log --all -- somefile
commit 55d2069a092e07c56a6b4d321509ba7620664c63
Author: Dustin Sallings <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Dec 16 14:16:22 2008 -0800
added some file
% git branch --contains 55d2069
otherbranch