diff --git a/git-grep.sh b/git-grep.sh
index 51924fd7c38a4fd70f59069a3eecbfe787626375..44c16130bd93fea8b6f172f1614115801f8df2d9 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-grep.sh
+++ b/git-grep.sh
esac
shift
done
+[ "$pattern" ] || {
+ echo >&2 "usage: 'git grep <pattern> [pathspec*]'"
+ exit 1
+}
git-ls-files -z "${git_flags[@]}" "$@" |
- xargs -0 grep "${flags[@]}" "$pattern"
+ xargs -0 grep "${flags[@]}" -e "$pattern"