diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-grep.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-grep.txt | 61 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index e150c77cff..6a8b1e3a7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] - [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...] + [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -49,7 +49,20 @@ OPTIONS blobs registered in the index file. --no-index:: - Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked 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 + tree, search also in untracked files. + +--no-exclude-standard:: + Also search in ignored files by not honoring the `.gitignore` + mechanism. Only useful with `--untracked`. + +--exclude-standard:: + Do not pay attention to ignored files specified via the `.gitignore` + mechanism. Only useful when searching files in the current directory + with `--no-index`. -a:: --text:: @@ -66,6 +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:: @@ -148,14 +164,12 @@ OPTIONS 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 - line containing `--` between contiguous groups of - matches. +--break:: + Print an empty line between matches from different files. --<num>:: - A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`. +--heading:: + Show the filename above the matches in that file instead of + at the start of each shown line. -p:: --show-function:: @@ -165,6 +179,29 @@ OPTIONS patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]). +-<num>:: +-C <num>:: +--context <num>:: + Show <num> leading and trailing lines, and place a line + containing `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-A <num>:: +--after-context <num>:: + Show <num> trailing lines, and place a line containing + `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-B <num>:: +--before-context <num>:: + Show <num> leading lines, and place a line containing + `--` between contiguous groups of matches. + +-W:: +--function-context:: + Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a + function name up to the one before the next function name, + effectively showing the whole function in which the match was + found. + -f <file>:: Read patterns from <file>, one per line. @@ -208,15 +245,15 @@ OPTIONS Examples -------- -git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}:: +`git grep {apostrophe}time_t{apostrophe} \-- {apostrophe}*.[ch]{apostrophe}`:: Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working directory and its subdirectories. -git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \):: +`git grep -e {apostrophe}#define{apostrophe} --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)`:: Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or `PATH_MAX`. -git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected:: +`git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected`:: Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in files that have lines that match both. |