> searching for a function I deleted > git log -G someFunc This will look for all changes mentioning someFunc throughout the history of the project. Usua

> searching for a function I deleted > git log -G someFunc This will look for all changes mentioning someFunc throughout the history of the project. Usually -S is more valuable, as it will look for changes in occurrence counts. So if you moved a call in a commit -G will flag it, but -S will ignore it (+1-1 = 0). -S also defaults to fixed string, so no need for -F. Instead you need —pickaxe-regex to switch it to regex search.