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@@ -38,38 +38,6 @@ are lists of one or more search expressions separated by newline
characters. An empty string as search expression matches all lines.
-CONFIGURATION
--------------
-
-grep.lineNumber::
- If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
-
-grep.column::
- If set to true, enable the `--column` 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. 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), Git will
- use as many threads as the number of logical cores available.
-
-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
-------
--cached::
@@ -209,7 +177,7 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
Use \0 as the delimiter for pathnames in the output, and print
them verbatim. Without this option, pathnames with "unusual"
characters are quoted as explained for the configuration
- variable core.quotePath (see git-config(1)).
+ variable core.quotePath (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
-o::
--only-matching::
@@ -241,7 +209,7 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
--show-function::
Show the preceding line that contains the function name of
the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself.
- The name is determined in the same way as 'git diff' works out
+ The name is determined in the same way as `git diff` works out
patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
@@ -266,7 +234,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
function name up to the one before the next function name,
effectively showing the whole function in which the match was
- found.
+ found. The function names are determined in the same way as
+ `git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
+ custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
--threads <num>::
Number of grep worker threads to use.
@@ -361,6 +331,38 @@ with multiple threads might perform slower than single threaded if `--textconv`
is given and there're too many text conversions. So if you experience low
performance in this case, it might be desirable to use `--threads=1`.
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+grep.lineNumber::
+ If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
+
+grep.column::
+ If set to true, enable the `--column` 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. 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), Git will
+ use as many threads as the number of logical cores available.
+
+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.
+
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite