'git-grep' [--cached]
[-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
[-v | --invert-match]
- [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
+ [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings]
[-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>...]
-------
--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.
-[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.
+
`<tree>...`::
Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.