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 'git-grep' [<option>...] [-e] <pattern> [--] [<path>...]
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15 Searches list of files `git-ls-files` produces for lines
  16 containing a match to the given pattern.
  17
  18
  19 OPTIONS
  20 -------
  21 `--`::
  22         Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
  23         are <path> limiters.
  24
  25 <option>...::
  26         Either an option to pass to `grep` or `git-ls-files`.
  27
  28         The following are the specific `git-ls-files` options
  29         that may be given: `-o`, `--cached`, `--deleted`, `--others`,
  30         `--killed`, `--ignored`, `--modified`, `--exclude=*`,
  31         `--exclude-from=*`, and `--exclude-per-directory=*`.
  32
  33         All other options will be passed to `grep`.
  34
  35 <pattern>::
  36         The pattern to look for.  The first non option is taken
  37         as the pattern; if your pattern begins with a dash, use
  38         `-e <pattern>`.
  39
  40 <path>...::
  41         Optional paths to limit the set of files to be searched;
  42         passed to `git-ls-files`.
  43
  44
  45 Author
  46 ------
  47 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  48
  49 Documentation
  50 --------------
  51 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  52
  53 GIT
  54 ---
  55 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  56