[-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
[--max-depth <depth>]
[--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
+ [--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
+ [-W | --function-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::
--max-depth <depth>::
For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
+ This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards.
+ In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*",
+ "*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective.
-w::
--word-regexp::
gives the default to color output.
Same as `--color=never`.
--[ABC] <context>::
- Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
- -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
- line containing `--` between contiguous groups of
- matches.
+--break::
+ Print an empty line between matches from different files.
--<num>::
- A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`.
+--heading::
+ Show the filename above the matches in that file instead of
+ at the start of each shown line.
-p::
--show-function::
patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+-<num>::
+-C <num>::
+--context <num>::
+ Show <num> leading and trailing lines, and place a line
+ containing `--` between contiguous groups of matches.
+
+-A <num>::
+--after-context <num>::
+ Show <num> trailing lines, and place a line containing
+ `--` between contiguous groups of matches.
+
+-B <num>::
+--before-context <num>::
+ Show <num> leading lines, and place a line containing
+ `--` between contiguous groups of matches.
+
+-W::
+--function-context::
+ Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
+ function name up to the one before the next function name,
+ effectively showing the whole function in which the match was
+ found.
+
-f <file>::
Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
Examples
--------
-git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}::
+`git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]'`::
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 '#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::
+`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.