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authorAndrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>2007-04-26 23:58:58 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-04-26 22:43:10 -0700
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Update git-grep documentation
Documentation/git-grep.txt: Document -F/--fixed-strings to search for non-regexp patterns. Document -I to not search binary files. Document -<num> as a shortcut for -C<num>. Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-grep' [--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]
+ [-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>...]
+ [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
+ [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
[--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ OPTIONS
Ignore case differences between the patterns and the
files.
+-I::
+ Don't match the pattern in binary files.
+
-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
@@ -64,6 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS
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.
@@ -81,6 +89,9 @@ OPTIONS
line containing `--` between contiguous groups of
matches.
+-<num>::
+ A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+
-f <file>::
Read patterns from <file>, one per line.