Find out when the last use of variable was removed from the git repo

Question

I have an unused variable in my code, and I wonder how things got to be this way. Can I use git grep (or something else) to find out easily?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '18 at 21:36

2

git log -Svarname

where varname is the name your variable.

Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file.

answered Jan 12 '18 at 21:36

phd

That was way easier than I had any right to expect. Thank you. – Mark VY Jan 12 '18 at 21:38

1 Answers1