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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 6305f6d82a..791d4d4871 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -9,19 +9,20 @@ 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] [-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[=<when>] | --no-color] [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> - [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...] + [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] + [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects. 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:: @@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ OPTIONS as a regex). -n:: +--line-number:: Prefix the line number to matching lines. -l:: @@ -98,8 +103,15 @@ 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:: @@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ OPTIONS matches. -<num>:: - A shortcut for specifying -C<num>. + A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`. -p:: --show-function:: @@ -142,7 +154,7 @@ 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'. @@ -165,8 +177,9 @@ 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 @@ -176,14 +189,14 @@ OPTIONS 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 '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`. |