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@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ grep.extendedRegexp::
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).
+ 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.
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ OPTIONS
Recursively search in each submodule that has been initialized and
checked out in the repository. When used in combination with the
<tree> option the prefix of all submodule output will be the name of
- the parent project's <tree> object.
+ the parent project's <tree> object. This option has no effect
+ if `--no-index` is given.
-a::
--text::
@@ -347,6 +348,17 @@ EXAMPLES
`git grep solution -- :^Documentation`::
Looks for `solution`, excluding files in `Documentation`.
+NOTES ON THREADS
+----------------
+
+The `--threads` option (and the grep.threads configuration) will be ignored when
+`--open-files-in-pager` is used, forcing a single-threaded execution.
+
+When grepping the object store (with `--cached` or giving tree objects), running
+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`.
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite