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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 15d6711d46..6a8b1e3a7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ OPTIONS --max-depth <depth>:: For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth> levels of directories. A negative value means no limit. + This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards. + In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*", + "*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective. -w:: --word-regexp:: |