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@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs
-registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
+registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects. Patterns
+are lists of one or more search expressions separated by newline
+characters. An empty string as search expression matches all lines.
CONFIGURATION
@@ -247,11 +249,11 @@ OPTIONS
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`.