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Look for a diff element in all git history

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git_log_grep.md

Exact match:

git log -S "ff1c9fbf-c3b8-4da0-aa81-72b50b84f67b" --all
git show <commit_hash>

or with a regex:

git log -G "function.*login" --all

restore the file

git checkout <commit_hash>^ -- path/to/file

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