[verse]
'git-grep' [--cached]
[-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
- [-v | --invert-match]
+ [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name]
[-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings]
[-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
- [-c | --count]
+ [-c | --count] [--all-match]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
- [-f <file>] [-e <pattern>]
+ [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
[<tree>...]
[--] [<path>...]
-------
--cached::
Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
- the blobs registerd in the index file.
+ the blobs registered in the index file.
-a | --text::
Process binary files as if they were text.
-v | --invert-match::
Select non-matching lines.
+-h | -H::
+ By default, the command shows the filename for each
+ match. `-h` option is used to suppress this output.
+ `-H` is there for completeness and does not do anything
+ except it overrides `-h` given earlier on the command
+ line.
+
+--full-name::
+ When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
+ outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
+ option forces paths to be output relative to the project
+ top directory.
+
-E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp::
Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default
is to use basic regexp.
-[ABC] <context>::
Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
-- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
- line containing `--` between continguous groups of
+ line containing `--` between contiguous groups of
matches.
-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. Multiple patterns are
+ combined by 'or'.
+
+--and | --or | --not | ( | )::
+ Specify how multiple patterns are combined using boolean
+ expressions. `--or` is the default operator. `--and` has
+ higher precedence than `--or`. `-e` has to be used for all
+ patterns.
+
+--all-match::
+ When giving multiple pattern expressions combined with `--or`,
+ this flag is specified to limit the match to files that
+ have lines to match all of them.
+
`<tree>...`::
Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
-`--`::
+\--::
Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
are <path> limiters.
+Example
+-------
+
+git grep -e \'#define\' --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)::
+ Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or
+ `PATH_MAX`.
+
+git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected::
+ Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in
+ files that have lines that match both.
+
Author
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Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later