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>...] <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 <option>...::
  22         Either an option to pass to `grep` or `git-ls-files`.
  23         Some `grep` options, such as `-C` and `-m`, that take
  24         parameters are known to `git-grep`.
  25
  26 <pattern>::
  27         The pattern to look for.
  28
  29 <path>...::
  30         Optional paths to limit the set of files to be searched;
  31         passed to `git-ls-files`.
  32
  33
  34 Author
  35 ------
  36 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  37
  38 Documentation
  39 --------------
  40 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  41
  42 GIT
  43 ---
  44 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  45