GIT-GREP(1)							    Git Manual							       GIT-GREP(1)

NAME

       git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern

SYNOPSIS

       git grep [-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]
		  [-z | --null]
		  [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet]
		  [--max-depth <depth>]
		  [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
		  [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
		  [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
		  [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
		  [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...]
		  [--] [<pathspec>...]

DESCRIPTION

       Look for specified patterns in the tracked files in the work tree, blobs registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.

OPTIONS

       --cached
	   Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search blobs registered in the index file.

       --no-index
	   Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git.

       -a, --text
	   Process binary files as if they were text.

       -i, --ignore-case
	   Ignore case differences between the patterns and the files.

       -I
	   Don't match the pattern in binary files.

       --max-depth <depth>
	   For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth> levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.

       -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).

       -v, --invert-match
	   Select non-matching lines.

       -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.

       --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.

       -E, --extended-regexp, -G, --basic-regexp
	   Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default is to use basic regexp.

       -F, --fixed-strings
	   Use fixed strings for patterns (don't interpret pattern as a regex).

       -n
	   Prefix the line number to matching lines.

       -l, --files-with-matches, --name-only, -L, --files-without-match
	   Instead of showing every matched line, show only the names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches. For better compatibility
	   with git diff, --name-only is a synonym for --files-with-matches.

       -z, --null
	   Output  instead of the character that normally follows a file name.

       -c, --count
	   Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of lines that match.

       --color[=<when>]
	   Show colored matches. The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.

       --no-color
	   Turn off match highlighting, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. Same as --color=never.

       -[ABC] <context>
	   Show context trailing (A -- after), or leading (B
	    -- before), or both (C -- context) lines, and place a line containing -- between contiguous groups of matches.

       -<num>
	   A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.

       -p, --show-function
	   Show the preceding line that contains the function name of the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself. The name is
	   determined in the same way as git diff works out patch hunk headers (see Defining a custom hunk-header in gitattributes(5)).

       -f <file>
	   Read patterns from <file>, one per line.

       -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 or.

       --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.

       --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.

       -q, --quiet
	   Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't.

       <tree>...
	   Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search blobs in the given trees.

       --
	   Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters are <pathspec> limiters.

       <pathspec>...
	   If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern. Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.

EXAMPLES

       git grep time_t -- *.[ch]
	   Looks for time_t in all tracked .c and .h files in the working directory and its subdirectories.

       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.

       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.

AUTHOR

       Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org[1]>, later revamped by Junio C Hamano.

DOCUMENTATION

       Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.

GIT

       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES

	1. torvalds@osdl.org
	   mailto:torvalds@osdl.org

	2. git@vger.kernel.org
	   mailto:git@vger.kernel.org

Git 1.7.1							    07/05/2010							       GIT-GREP(1)