gitweb: Declare global variables with "our"
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-grep.txt
index 7b810dfda760a01c78667015f7c6214fcaeceae6..62a8e7f222d480046beee5cf735fa92821e26f8d 100644 (file)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
           [-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
           [-c | --count]
           [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
-          [-f <file>] [-e <pattern>]
+          [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
           [<tree>...]
           [--] [<path>...]
 
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -f <file>::
        Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
 
+-e::
+       The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
+       used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
+       scripts passing user input to grep.
+
 `<tree>...`::
        Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.