How to search authors in Git history
Tracking individual developer contributions, reviewing specific author’s work, or finding who made certain changes requires filtering commits by author.
As the creator of CoreUI with over 25 years of software development experience, I regularly search Git history to track contributions across team members.
Git log provides the --author flag to filter commits by author name or email using pattern matching.
This approach helps identify who worked on specific features, review coding patterns, or analyze contribution frequency.
How to filter Git log by author
Filtering Git log by author helps track specific developer contributions and analyze commit patterns for code reviews and project management.
As the creator of CoreUI with 25 years of development experience, I’ve used author filtering extensively for code reviews and team collaboration tracking.
The most effective approach uses the --author flag with git log, supporting both exact matches and regex patterns.
This method provides precise commit history analysis for individual contributors.