Is there a way to allow spaces in bash bang pattern (repeating last command)

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to repeat a bash command with a subcommand separated by space. For example, if I enter several commands,

git add a.txt
git status
... other commands starting with git
git commit -m ""

and do:

!git

I will run the last git commit command again. My questions, is there a way to repeat the last command that contains a space, e.g. to repeat the last git status command?

I tried,

!git\ s
!"git s"

, but none works.

Answer 1

Try:

!?git s

The "!?string" event designator searches for the most recent command preceding the current position in the history list containing string.

Also you could use this to refer to the command n lines back:

!-n

Answer 2

In this case, you could hit CtrlR , type "git s" then hit Enter