SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-grep' [--cached]
+'git grep' [--cached]
[-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
[-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]
+ [-z | --null]
[-c | --count] [--all-match]
+ [--color | --no-color]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
--files-without-match::
Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
- For better compatibility with git-diff, --name-only is a
+ For better compatibility with 'git-diff', --name-only is a
synonym for --files-with-matches.
+-z::
+--null::
+ Output \0 instead of the character that normally follows a
+ file name.
+
-c::
--count::
Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
lines that match.
+--color::
+ Show colored matches.
+
+--no-color::
+ Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file
+ gives the default to color output.
+
-[ABC] <context>::
Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
-- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
-<num>::
A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+-p::
+--show-function::
+ Show the preceding line that contains the function name of
+ the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself.
+ The name is determined in the same way as 'git diff' works out
+ patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
+ linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+
-f <file>::
Read patterns from <file>, one per line.