X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-grep.txt;h=5474dd7f94c4b3217230808e656662d0edcef207;hb=48c250a121a425a1860226b6a7061aecfbab5246;hp=c44724d03a60640d34963f068149a3fe6803d20e;hpb=57c118c268a01b00954916e344f2eb082eafaaaf;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt index c44724d03..5474dd7f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt @@ -9,19 +9,20 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git grep' [--cached] - [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] +'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp] [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name] [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] + [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) []] [-z | --null] [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] [--max-depth ] - [--color | --no-color] + [--color[=] | --no-color] [-A ] [-B ] [-C ] [-f ] [-e] - [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e ...] [...] + [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e ...] + [--cached | --no-index | ...] [--] [...] DESCRIPTION @@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects. OPTIONS ------- --cached:: - Instead of searching in the working tree files, check - the blobs registered in the index file. + Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search + blobs registered in the index file. + +--no-index:: + Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git. -a:: --text:: @@ -98,8 +102,15 @@ OPTIONS --files-without-match:: Instead of showing every matched line, show only the names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches. - For better compatibility with 'git diff', --name-only is a - synonym for --files-with-matches. + For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a + synonym for `--files-with-matches`. + +-O []:: +--open-files-in-pager []:: + Open the matching files in the pager (not the output of 'grep'). + If the pager happens to be "less" or "vi", and the user + specified only one pattern, the first file is positioned at + the first match automatically. -z:: --null:: @@ -111,12 +122,14 @@ OPTIONS Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match. ---color:: +--color[=]:: Show colored matches. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. -[ABC] :: Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B` @@ -125,7 +138,7 @@ OPTIONS matches. -:: - A shortcut for specifying -C. + A shortcut for specifying `-C`. -p:: --show-function:: @@ -140,7 +153,7 @@ OPTIONS -e:: The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be - used for patterns starting with - and should be used in + used for patterns starting with `-` and should be used in scripts passing user input to grep. Multiple patterns are combined by 'or'. @@ -163,8 +176,9 @@ OPTIONS Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't. -`...`:: - Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns. +...:: + Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search + blobs in the given trees. \--:: Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters @@ -174,10 +188,10 @@ OPTIONS If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern. Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported. -Example -------- +Examples +-------- -git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]':: +git grep 'time_t' \-- '*.[ch]':: Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working directory and its subdirectories.