Great code has a long memory. The fix you shipped last quarter, the refactor that touched a dozen files, the one-line change that explained why something works the way it does — it’s all there in your commit history. The hard part has always been finding it.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Commit Search is entering general availability (GA) in Azure DevOps. This is a capability our team has been building and refining for quite some time — through design, a private preview with early customers, and a careful, staged rollout — and we couldn’t be happier to bring it to everyone.

Commit messages are one of the richest sources of context in any repository. They capture intent, decisions, and history that you can’t get from code alone. But until now, if you wanted to find a commit by what it said — rather than by its 40-character commit ID — you were mostly out of luck.

Commit Search changes that:

• Search by meaning, not just by ID. Find commits by the text in their title and description.
• Search across your entire organization. Look across every repository and project you have access to.
• Powerful filtering. Filter by Project, Repository, Author, and Branch.
• Sort your way. Order by Commit time or Relevance.
• Right where you already work. Lives alongside Code, Work Item, Wiki, and Package search.

1. Type keywords in the search box and press Enter (matches the commit message — title and description).
2. Select the Commits tab.
3. Use the Project / Repository / Author / Branch filters; sort by Commit time or Relevance.
4. Select a result to see commit details.

We’re rolling out Commit Search in stages — most customers can expect it in their organizations over the next couple of weeks. Most commit data is indexed ahead of time; anything not yet indexed is indexed automatically on your first search.

Happy searching!