Documentation/git-grep.txt

   1 git-grep(1)
   2 ===========
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git-grep' [--cached]
  13            [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
  14            [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name]
  15            [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings]
  16            [-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
  17            [-c | --count] [--all-match]
  18            [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
  19            [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern> [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
  20            [<tree>...]
  21            [--] [<path>...]
  22
  23 DESCRIPTION
  24 -----------
  25 Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs
  26 registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
  27
  28
  29 OPTIONS
  30 -------
  31 --cached::
  32         Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
  33         the blobs registered in the index file.
  34
  35 -a | --text::
  36         Process binary files as if they were text.
  37
  38 -i | --ignore-case::
  39         Ignore case differences between the patterns and the
  40         files.
  41
  42 -w | --word-regexp::
  43         Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the
  44         beginning of a line, or preceded by a non-word character; end at
  45         the end of a line or followed by a non-word character).
  46
  47 -v | --invert-match::
  48         Select non-matching lines.
  49
  50 -h | -H::
  51         By default, the command shows the filename for each
  52         match.  `-h` option is used to suppress this output.
  53         `-H` is there for completeness and does not do anything
  54         except it overrides `-h` given earlier on the command
  55         line.
  56
  57 --full-name::
  58         When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
  59         outputs paths relative to the current directory.  This
  60         option forces paths to be output relative to the project
  61         top directory.
  62
  63 -E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp::
  64         Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns.  Default
  65         is to use basic regexp.
  66
  67 -n::
  68         Prefix the line number to matching lines.
  69
  70 -l | --files-with-matches | -L | --files-without-match::
  71         Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
  72         names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
  73
  74 -c | --count::
  75         Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
  76         lines that match.
  77
  78 -[ABC] <context>::
  79         Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
  80         -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
  81         line containing `--` between contiguous groups of
  82         matches.
  83
  84 -f <file>::
  85         Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
  86
  87 -e::
  88         The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
  89         used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
  90         scripts passing user input to grep.  Multiple patterns are
  91         combined by 'or'.
  92
  93 --and | --or | --not | ( | )::
  94         Specify how multiple patterns are combined using boolean
  95         expressions.  `--or` is the default operator.  `--and` has
  96         higher precedence than `--or`.  `-e` has to be used for all
  97         patterns.
  98
  99 --all-match::
 100         When giving multiple pattern expressions combined with `--or`,
 101         this flag is specified to limit the match to files that
 102         have lines to match all of them.
 103
 104 `<tree>...`::
 105         Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
 106
 107 \--::
 108         Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
 109         are <path> limiters.
 110
 111
 112 Example
 113 -------
 114
 115 git grep -e \'#define\' --and \( -e MAX_PATH -e PATH_MAX \)::
 116         Looks for a line that has `#define` and either `MAX_PATH` or
 117         `PATH_MAX`.
 118
 119 git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected::
 120         Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in
 121         files that have lines that match both.
 122
 123 Author
 124 ------
 125 Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later
 126 revamped by Junio C Hamano.
 127
 128
 129 Documentation
 130 --------------
 131 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 132
 133 GIT
 134 ---
 135 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
 136