[-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
[-F | --fixed-strings] [-n]
[-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
- [-O | --open-files-in-pager]
+ [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]]
[-z | --null]
[-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
[--max-depth <depth>]
registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+grep.lineNumber::
+ If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
+
OPTIONS
-------
--cached::
as a regex).
-n::
+--line-number::
Prefix the line number to matching lines.
-l::
For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a
synonym for `--files-with-matches`.
--O::
---open-files-in-pager::
+-O [<pager>]::
+--open-files-in-pager [<pager>]::
Open the matching files in the pager (not the output of 'grep').
If the pager happens to be "less" or "vi", and the user
specified only one pattern, the first file is positioned at
Examples
--------
-git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]'::
+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 \'#define\' --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`.
Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in
files that have lines that match both.
-Author
-------
-Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later
-revamped by Junio C Hamano.
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite