TIL:
Link: https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/git/reference-a-commit-via-commit-message-pattern-matching.md
📌 Reference A Commit Via Commit Message Pattern Matching
Generally when referencing a commit, you'll use the SHA or a portion of the
SHA. For example with git-show:
$ git show cd6a63d014
...
There are many ways to reference commits though. One way is via regex
pattern matching on the commit message. For instance, if you recently had a
commit with a typo and you had included typo in the commit message, then
you could reference that commit like so:
$ git show :/typo
Author: Josh Branchaud
Date: Mon Dec 21 15:50:20 2015 -0600
Fix a typo in the documentation
...
By using :/ followed by some text, git will attempt to find the most
recent commit whose commit message matches the text. As I alluded to, regex
can be used in the text.
See $ man gitrevisions for more details and other ways to reference
commits.
Source
Link: https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/git/reference-a-commit-via-commit-message-pattern-matching.md
📌 Reference A Commit Via Commit Message Pattern Matching
Generally when referencing a commit, you'll use the SHA or a portion of the
SHA. For example with git-show:
$ git show cd6a63d014
...
There are many ways to reference commits though. One way is via regex
pattern matching on the commit message. For instance, if you recently had a
commit with a typo and you had included typo in the commit message, then
you could reference that commit like so:
$ git show :/typo
Author: Josh Branchaud
Date: Mon Dec 21 15:50:20 2015 -0600
Fix a typo in the documentation
...
By using :/ followed by some text, git will attempt to find the most
recent commit whose commit message matches the text. As I alluded to, regex
can be used in the text.
See $ man gitrevisions for more details and other ways to reference
commits.
Source