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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 0ecea6e491..720c7850e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--threads <num>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] + [--recurse-submodules] [--parent-basename <basename>] [ [--[no-]exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] @@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ OPTIONS mechanism. Only useful when searching files in the current directory with `--no-index`. +--recurse-submodules:: + 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. + -a:: --text:: Process binary files as if they were text. @@ -147,8 +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:: |