@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
99SYNOPSIS
1010--------
1111[verse]
12- 'git grep' [--cached]
13- [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
12+ 'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
1413 [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name]
1514 [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
1615 [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n]
@@ -21,7 +20,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
2120 [--color | --no-color]
2221 [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
2322 [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
24- [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
23+ [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
24+ [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...]
2525 [--] [<pathspec>...]
2626
2727DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
3333OPTIONS
3434-------
3535--cached::
36- Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
37- the blobs registered in the index file.
36+ Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
37+ blobs registered in the index file.
38+
39+ --no-index::
40+ Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git.
3841
3942-a::
4043--text::
@@ -98,8 +101,8 @@ OPTIONS
98101--files-without-match::
99102 Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
100103 names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
101- For better compatibility with 'git diff', --name-only is a
102- synonym for --files-with-matches.
104+ For better compatibility with 'git diff', ` --name-only` is a
105+ synonym for ` --files-with-matches` .
103106
104107-z::
105108--null::
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ OPTIONS
125128 matches.
126129
127130-<num>::
128- A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
131+ A shortcut for specifying ` -C<num>` .
129132
130133-p::
131134--show-function::
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ OPTIONS
140143
141144-e::
142145 The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
143- used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
146+ used for patterns starting with `-` and should be used in
144147 scripts passing user input to grep. Multiple patterns are
145148 combined by 'or'.
146149
@@ -163,8 +166,9 @@ OPTIONS
163166 Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when
164167 there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't.
165168
166- `<tree>...`::
167- Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
169+ <tree>...::
170+ Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
171+ blobs in the given trees.
168172
169173\--::
170174 Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
@@ -174,8 +178,8 @@ OPTIONS
174178 If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern.
175179 Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.
176180
177- Example
178- -------
181+ Examples
182+ --------
179183
180184git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]'::
181185 Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working
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