git log linux.git

gistfile1.sh

[anurag@zomg linux]$ git log | grep '^commit dead'
commit dead1971d2a57f972af1b0ffeb7896a73434c628
commit deadcb36f49bee9b3010382ffe4fe4f5c439f1c5
commit deadcfc3324410726cd6a663fb4fc46be595abe7
commit dead537dd8a1c9495322c1d6f7c780697f474af0
commit deadff1665491afce124a8ff83f00f784161f660
commit dead28da8e3fb32601d38fb32b7021122e0a3d21
[anurag@zomg linux]$ git show deadc
error: short SHA1 deadc is ambiguous.
error: short SHA1 deadc is ambiguous.
fatal: ambiguous argument 'deadc': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
[anurag@zomg linux]$