Useful snippets

search for text appearance in a file's git history

Eg. Search for "use-query-params" in package.json's git history

git grep use-query-params $(git rev-list --all -- package.json) -- package.json

As a function in .bashrc/.zshrc-file

# search for word in a file's git history
# usage: filehistorysearch "use-query-params" package.json

filehistorysearch() {
  git grep $1 $(git rev-list --all -- $2) -- $2
}