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@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
[-F | --fixed-strings] [-n]
[-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
- [-c | --count] [--all-match]
+ [-z | --null]
+ [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
+ [--max-depth <depth>]
+ [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
[-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
[-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
[--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
- [--] [<path>...]
+ [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs
-registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
+Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs
+registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
OPTIONS
@@ -45,6 +48,10 @@ OPTIONS
-I::
Don't match the pattern in binary files.
+--max-depth <depth>::
+ For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
+ levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
+
-w::
--word-regexp::
Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
@@ -91,14 +98,28 @@ OPTIONS
--files-without-match::
Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
- For better compatibility with 'git-diff', --name-only is a
+ For better compatibility with 'git diff', --name-only is a
synonym for --files-with-matches.
+-z::
+--null::
+ Output \0 instead of the character that normally follows a
+ file name.
+
-c::
--count::
Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
lines that match.
+--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`
-- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
@@ -108,6 +129,14 @@ OPTIONS
-<num>::
A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+-p::
+--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
+ patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
+ linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
+
-f <file>::
Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
@@ -131,17 +160,29 @@ OPTIONS
this flag is specified to limit the match to files that
have lines to match all of them.
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when
+ there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't.
+
`<tree>...`::
Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
\--::
Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
- are <path> limiters.
+ are <pathspec> limiters.
+<pathspec>...::
+ If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern.
+ Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.
Example
-------
+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 \'#define\' --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)::
Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or
`PATH_MAX`.