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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-07-06 15:38:28 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-07-06 15:38:28 -0700
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index e019e760b4..e150c77cff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -9,32 +9,47 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git grep' [--cached]
- [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
+'git grep' [-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]
+ [-P | --perl-regexp]
+ [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n | --line-number]
[-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>]
- [--color | --no-color]
+ [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
- [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
- [--] [<path>...]
+ [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
+ [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...]
+ [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs
-registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
+Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs
+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::
- Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
- the blobs registered in the index file.
+ Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
+ blobs registered in the index file.
+
+--no-index::
+ Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git.
-a::
--text::
@@ -49,7 +64,7 @@ OPTIONS
Don't match the pattern in binary files.
--max-depth <depth>::
- For each pathspec given on command line, descend at most <depth>
+ For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
-w::
@@ -83,12 +98,18 @@ OPTIONS
Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default
is to use basic regexp.
+-P::
+--perl-regexp::
+ Use Perl-compatible regexp for patterns. Requires libpcre to be
+ compiled in.
+
-F::
--fixed-strings::
Use fixed strings for patterns (don't interpret pattern
as a regex).
-n::
+--line-number::
Prefix the line number to matching lines.
-l::
@@ -98,8 +119,15 @@ OPTIONS
--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
- synonym for --files-with-matches.
+ 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::
@@ -111,12 +139,14 @@ OPTIONS
Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
lines that match.
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
Show colored matches.
+ The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
--no-color::
Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file
gives the default to color output.
+ Same as `--color=never`.
-[ABC] <context>::
Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
@@ -125,7 +155,7 @@ OPTIONS
matches.
-<num>::
- A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+ A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`.
-p::
--show-function::
@@ -140,7 +170,7 @@ OPTIONS
-e::
The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
- used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
+ used for patterns starting with `-` and should be used in
scripts passing user input to grep. Multiple patterns are
combined by 'or'.
@@ -163,18 +193,26 @@ OPTIONS
Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when
there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't.
-`<tree>...`::
- Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
+<tree>...::
+ Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
+ blobs in the given trees.
\--::
Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
- are <path> limiters.
+ are <pathspec> limiters.
+<pathspec>...::
+ If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern.
+ Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.
-Example
--------
+Examples
+--------
+
+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`.
@@ -182,16 +220,6 @@ 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.
-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