[Solved] Difference between git-log option -S and -G

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Let me re-express what LeGEC’s answer says, in a shorter way:1

  • There are two differences between -S and -G.

  • One is string vs regexp (as you already noted).

  • The other is that -S demands that the match occur a different number of times in the left and right (- and +) sides of the match. -G merely demands that the match occur in at least one of the two sides.

You can use --pickaxe-regex to eliminate the first difference, but not the second.

1Those who have read my long-form answers may now all be shocked. ?

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