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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-grep.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index 17aa1ba702..71f32f3508 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--threads <num>] [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] - [--recurse-submodules] + [--recurse-submodules] [--parent-basename <basename>] [ [--[no-]exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] @@ -91,7 +91,16 @@ OPTIONS --recurse-submodules:: Recursively search in each submodule that has been initialized and - checked out in the repository. + 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. + +--parent-basename <basename>:: + For internal use only. In order to produce uniform output with the + --recurse-submodules option, this option can be used to provide the + basename of a parent's <tree> object to a submodule so the submodule + can prefix its output with the parent's name rather than the SHA1 of + the submodule. -a:: --text:: |