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.TH "GIT\-GREP" "1" "09/19/2007" "Git 1.5.3.2" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git\-grep \- Print lines matching a pattern
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIgit\-grep\fR [\-\-cached]
           [\-a | \-\-text] [\-I] [\-i | \-\-ignore\-case] [\-w | \-\-word\-regexp]
           [\-v | \-\-invert\-match] [\-h|\-H] [\-\-full\-name]
           [\-E | \-\-extended\-regexp] [\-G | \-\-basic\-regexp]
           [\-F | \-\-fixed\-strings] [\-n]
           [\-l | \-\-files\-with\-matches] [\-L | \-\-files\-without\-match]
           [\-c | \-\-count] [\-\-all\-match]
           [\-A <post\-context>] [\-B <pre\-context>] [\-C <context>]
           [\-f <file>] [\-e] <pattern>
           [\-\-and|\-\-or|\-\-not|(|)|\-e <pattern>\&...] [<tree>\&...]
           [\-\-] [<path>\&...]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Look for specified patterns in the working tree files, blobs registered in the index file, or given tree objects.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\-\-cached
Instead of searching in the working tree files, check the blobs registered in the index file.
.TP
\-a | \-\-text
Process binary files as if they were text.
.TP
\-i | \-\-ignore\-case
Ignore case differences between the patterns and the files.
.TP
\-I
Don't match the pattern in binary files.
.TP
\-w | \-\-word\-regexp
Match the pattern only at word boundary (either begin at the beginning of a line, or preceded by a non\-word character; end at the end of a line or followed by a non\-word character).
.TP
\-v | \-\-invert\-match
Select non\-matching lines.
.TP
\-h | \-H
By default, the command shows the filename for each match. \-h option is used to suppress this output. \-H is there for completeness and does not do anything except it overrides \-h given earlier on the command line.
.TP
\-\-full\-name
When run from a subdirectory, the command usually outputs paths relative to the current directory. This option forces paths to be output relative to the project top directory.
.TP
\-E | \-\-extended\-regexp | \-G | \-\-basic\-regexp
Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default is to use basic regexp.
.TP
\-F | \-\-fixed\-strings
Use fixed strings for patterns (don't interpret pattern as a regex).
.TP
\-n
Prefix the line number to matching lines.
.TP
\-l | \-\-files\-with\-matches | \-L | \-\-files\-without\-match
Instead of showing every matched line, show only the names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
.TP
\-c | \-\-count
Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match.
.TP
\-[ABC] <context>
Show context trailing (A \(em after), or leading (B \(em before), or both (C \(em context) lines, and place a line containing \-\- between contiguous groups of matches.
.TP
\-<num>
A shortcut for specifying \-C<num>.
.TP
\-f <file>
Read patterns from <file>, one per line.
.TP
\-e
The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be used for patterns starting with \- and should be used in scripts passing user input to grep. Multiple patterns are combined by \fIor\fR.
.TP
\-\-and | \-\-or | \-\-not | ( | )
Specify how multiple patterns are combined using Boolean expressions. \-\-or is the default operator. \-\-and has higher precedence than \-\-or. \-e has to be used for all patterns.
.TP
\-\-all\-match
When giving multiple pattern expressions combined with \-\-or, this flag is specified to limit the match to files that have lines to match all of them.
.TP
<tree>\&...
Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
.TP
\-\-
Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters are <path> limiters.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.TP
git grep \-e '#define' \-\-and \\( \-e MAX_PATH \-e PATH_MAX \\)
Looks for a line that has #define and either MAX_PATH or PATH_MAX.
.TP
git grep \-\-all\-match \-e NODE \-e Unexpected
Looks for a line that has NODE or Unexpected in files that have lines that match both.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later revamped by Junio C Hamano.
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git\-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
.SH "GIT"
Part of the \fBgit\fR(7) suite