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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 15d6711d46..40cfe37d00 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] +'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [--textconv] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name] [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-P | --perl-regexp] @@ -20,16 +20,21 @@ SYNOPSIS [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] [--max-depth <depth>] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] + [--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function] [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] + [-W | --function-context] + [--threads <num>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] - [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] + [ [--[no-]exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] 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 @@ -38,8 +43,27 @@ CONFIGURATION grep.lineNumber:: If set to true, enable '-n' option by default. +grep.patternType:: + Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', + 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp', + '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the + value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + grep.extendedRegexp:: - If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. + If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This + option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value + other than 'default'. + +grep.threads:: + Number of grep worker threads to use. If unset (or set to 0), + 8 threads are used by default (for now). + +grep.fullName:: + If set to true, enable '--full-name' option by default. + +grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: + If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep + is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. OPTIONS @@ -49,7 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS blobs registered in the index file. --no-index:: - Search files in the current directory that is not managed by git. + Search files in the current directory that is not managed by Git. --untracked:: In addition to searching in the tracked files in the working @@ -68,6 +92,13 @@ OPTIONS --text:: Process binary files as if they were text. +--textconv:: + Honor textconv filter settings. + +--no-textconv:: + Do not honor textconv filter settings. + This is the default. + -i:: --ignore-case:: Ignore case differences between the patterns and the @@ -79,6 +110,9 @@ OPTIONS --max-depth <depth>:: For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth> levels of directories. A negative value means no limit. + This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards. + In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*", + "*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective. -w:: --word-regexp:: @@ -135,12 +169,15 @@ OPTIONS For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a synonym for `--files-with-matches`. --O [<pager>]:: ---open-files-in-pager [<pager>]:: +-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. + the first match automatically. The `pager` argument is + optional; if specified, it must be stuck to the option + without a space. If `pager` is unspecified, the default pager + will be used (see `core.pager` in linkgit:git-config[1]). -z:: --null:: @@ -199,6 +236,10 @@ OPTIONS effectively showing the whole function in which the match was found. +--threads <num>:: + Number of grep worker threads to use. + See `grep.threads` in 'CONFIGURATION' for more information. + -f <file>:: Read patterns from <file>, one per line. @@ -242,11 +283,11 @@ 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`. |