Works on file changes that have been committed.
[list commits]
git log
[list commits summary line]
git log --oneline
[view commits that changed a file]
git log <path-filename>
[view changes made to file in commits]
git --no-pager log -p -- <path-filename>
[show list of commits and differences. Can limit the number of returned commits by option]
git log -p -2
[show all files deleted on the branch by commit]
git log --diff-filter D
[show commits where message contains specific word]
git log --grep=<word>
[show commits where specific code/word changed]
git log --pretty=short -S '<word-or-code-snippet>'
[example: git log --pretty=short -S 'thenCallRealMethod()'
[then call show on the commit id]
git show <commit-id>
*omit --pretty=short for more detail on the commits
[show commits where specific code/word added/removed/moved]
git log --pretty=short -G '<word-or-code-snippet>'
[example: git log --pretty=short -G 'thenCallRealMethod()'
[then call show on the commit id]
git show <commit-id>
*omit --pretty=short for more detail on the commits
[show commit id of last commit for a file]
git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H -- <path-filenam>
[show all files deleted on the branch by filename]
git log --diff-filter D --pretty="format:" --name-only | sed '/^$/d'