1 git-grep(1)
2 ===========
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
9 SYNOPSIS
10 --------
11 [verse]
12 'git-grep' [--cached]
13 [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
14 [-v | --invert-match]
15 [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] [-F | --fixed-strings]
16 [-n] [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match]
17 [-c | --count]
18 [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
19 [-f <file>] [-e <pattern>]
20 [<tree>...]
21 [--] [<path>...]
23 DESCRIPTION
24 -----------
25 Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs
26 registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
29 OPTIONS
30 -------
31 --cached::
32 Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
33 the blobs registerd in the index file.
35 -a | --text::
36 Process binary files as if they were text.
38 -i | --ignore-case::
39 Ignore case differences between the patterns and the
40 files.
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).
47 -v | --invert-match::
48 Select non-matching lines.
50 -E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp::
51 Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default
52 is to use basic regexp.
54 -n::
55 Prefix the line number to matching lines.
57 -l | --files-with-matches | -L | --files-without-match::
58 Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
59 names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
61 -c | --count::
62 Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
63 lines that match.
65 -[ABC] <context>::
66 Show `context` trailing (`A` -- after), or leading (`B`
67 -- before), or both (`C` -- context) lines, and place a
68 line containing `--` between continguous groups of
69 matches.
71 -f <file>::
72 Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
74 `<tree>...`::
75 Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
77 `--`::
78 Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
79 are <path> limiters.
82 Author
83 ------
84 Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later
85 revamped by Junio C Hamano.
88 Documentation
89 --------------
90 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
92 GIT
93 ---
94 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite