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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 71f32f3508..18b494731f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ OPTIONS <tree> option the prefix of all submodule output will be the name of the parent project's <tree> object. ---parent-basename <basename>:: - For internal use only. In order to produce uniform output with the - --recurse-submodules option, this option can be used to provide the - basename of a parent's <tree> object to a submodule so the submodule - can prefix its output with the parent's name rather than the SHA1 of - the submodule. - -a:: --text:: Process binary files as if they were text. @@ -161,8 +154,11 @@ OPTIONS -P:: --perl-regexp:: - Use Perl-compatible regexp for patterns. Requires libpcre to be - compiled in. + Use Perl-compatible regular expressions for patterns. ++ +Support for these types of regular expressions is an optional +compile-time dependency. If Git wasn't compiled with support for them +providing this option will cause it to die. -F:: --fixed-strings:: @@ -293,6 +289,9 @@ OPTIONS <pathspec>...:: If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern. Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported. ++ +For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry +in linkgit:gitglossary[7]. Examples -------- @@ -309,6 +308,9 @@ Examples Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in files that have lines that match both. +`git grep solution -- :^Documentation`:: + Looks for `solution`, excluding files in `Documentation`. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |