Searching history with git log -S - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to search commits that added or removed the word 'fix' in the code.

Git

git log -S '[1]'

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Afix

Berror

Cbug

Dupdate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a word not present in the code changes.

Forgetting to put the search word in quotes.

The -S option in git log searches for commits that added or removed the specified string. Here, 'fix' is the target word.

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medium

Complete the command to show the patch (code changes) for commits that added or removed the string 'login'.

Git

git log -S '[1]' -p

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Alogout

Buser

Clogin

Dsession

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using unrelated words that won't match any commit.

Omitting the -p option when patch details are needed.

The -p option shows the patch (code differences) for each commit found by the -S search.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to search commits that added or removed the string 'config' ignoring case.

Git

git log -S '[1]' -i

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aconfig

BconFig

CConfig

DCONFIG

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using uppercase or mixed case unnecessarily.

Not using the -i option when case should be ignored.

The -i option makes the search case-insensitive, so the exact case of the string in the command does not matter. Using lowercase 'config' is standard.

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hard

Fill both blanks to search commits that added or removed the string 'error' and limit output to 3 commits.

Git

git log -S '[1]' -n [2]

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Aerror

B5

C3

D10

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a wrong number for the limit.

Using a wrong search string.

The -S option searches for the string 'error'. The -n option limits the number of commits shown; here, 3 commits.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to search commits that added or removed the string 'timeout', show patches, and limit output to 2 commits.

Git

git log -S '[1]' [2] -n [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p

B-i

C2

D-v

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up options for patch and verbose output.

Using wrong numbers for commit limits.

-S 'timeout' searches for the string 'timeout'. -p shows the patch (code changes). -v shows the commit message verbosely. -n 2 limits output to 2 commits.