I write my notes in markdown and keep it version-controlled using git. And this week I needed a note I knew I had some years ago, but I couldn’t find it. It drove me nuts, but then I remembered this is exactly why I use git for my notes!

So, if you’re like me, and have accidentally deleted something - either it be a whole file or parts of a file - and want to recover it, you can use git to search the git-history for a specific string.

Using the command below will return back any commit that includes the string in the diff.

git log -i -p -S "search string"

Thought I could share it as it helped me a lot this time, and I know for sure I’ll use it at some point later in my career aswell.