[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
- [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...]
+ [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...]
[--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
blobs registered in the index file.
--no-index::
- Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git.
+ Search files in the current directory that is not managed by git.
+
+--untracked::
+ In addition to searching in the tracked files in the working
+ tree, search also in untracked files.
+
+--no-exclude-standard::
+ Also search in ignored files by not honoring the `.gitignore`
+ mechanism. Only useful with `--untracked`.
+
+--exclude-standard::
+ Do not pay attention to ignored files specified via the `.gitignore`
+ mechanism. Only useful when searching files in the current directory
+ with `--no-index`.
-a::
--text::
Examples
--------
-git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}::
+`git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}`::
Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working
directory and its subdirectories.
-git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)::
+`git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --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::
+`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.