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+git-grep(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git-grep' [--cached]
+	   [-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]
+	   [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
+	   [-c | --count] [--all-match]
+	   [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
+	   [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
+	   [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
+	   [--] [<path>...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs
+registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--cached::
+	Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
+	the blobs registered in the index file.
+
+-a | --text::
+	Process binary files as if they were text.
+
+-i | --ignore-case::
+	Ignore case differences between the patterns and the
+	files.
+
+-I::
+	Don't match the pattern in binary files.
+
+-w | --word-regexp::
+	Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
+	beginning of a line, or preceded by a non-word character; end at
+	the end of a line or followed by a non-word character).
+
+-v | --invert-match::
+	Select non-matching lines.
+
+-h | -H::
+	By default, the command shows the filename for each
+	match.  `-h` option is used to suppress this output.
+	`-H` is there for completeness and does not do anything
+	except it overrides `-h` given earlier on the command
+	line.
+
+--full-name::
+	When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
+	outputs paths relative to the current directory.  This
+	option forces paths to be output relative to the project
+	top directory.
+
+-E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp::
+	Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns.  Default
+	is to use basic regexp.
+
+-F | --fixed-strings::
+	Use fixed strings for patterns (don't interpret pattern
+	as a regex).
+
+-n::
+	Prefix the line number to matching lines.
+
+-l | --files-with-matches | --name-only | -L | --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.
+
+-c | --count::
+	Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
+	lines that match.
+
+-[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.
+
+-<num>::
+	A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+
+-f <file>::
+	Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
+
+-e::
+	The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
+	used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
+	scripts passing user input to grep.  Multiple patterns are
+	combined by 'or'.
+
+--and | --or | --not | ( | )::
+	Specify how multiple patterns are combined using Boolean
+	expressions.  `--or` is the default operator.  `--and` has
+	higher precedence than `--or`.  `-e` has to be used for all
+	patterns.
+
+--all-match::
+	When giving multiple pattern expressions combined with `--or`,
+	this flag is specified to limit the match to files that
+	have lines to match all of them.
+
+`<tree>...`::
+	Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
+
+\--::
+	Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
+	are <path> limiters.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+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::
+	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[7] suite