Search for string returns merge commits (unlike raw `git log -S`)

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Search for string returns merge commits (unlike raw `git log -S`) #454

Closed borekb closed 6 years ago

borekb commented 6 years ago

GitLens Version: 8.5.2
VSCode Version: 1.25.1
OS Version: Windows 10
Git version: 2.18

I've tried on a couple of repositories and it seems that GitLens returns also merge commits when I search for a string using the = syntax. For example, you can try checking out https://github.com/versionpress/versionpress and comparing:

Plain Git:

$ git log -S BulkChangeInfo --oneline | wc -l
11

GitLens after searching for =BulkChangeInfo:

The difference is in merge commits:

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