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+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-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 | --no-color]
+ [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
@@ -104,6 +105,13 @@ OPTIONS
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
@@ -114,12 +122,14 @@ 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`
@@ -181,11 +191,11 @@ OPTIONS
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`.