[-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
[-F | --fixed-strings] [-n]
[-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
+ [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]]
[-z | --null]
[-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
[--max-depth <depth>]
For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a
synonym for `--files-with-matches`.
+-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
+ the first match automatically.
+
-z::
--null::
Output \0 instead of the character that normally follows a
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`.