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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-W | --function-context]
[-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
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ 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'.
OPTIONS
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ 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