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@@ -33,25 +33,30 @@ OPTIONS
Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
the blobs registered in the index file.
--a | --text::
+-a::
+--text::
Process binary files as if they were text.
--i | --ignore-case::
+-i::
+--ignore-case::
Ignore case differences between the patterns and the
files.
-I::
Don't match the pattern in binary files.
--w | --word-regexp::
+-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::
+-v::
+--invert-match::
Select non-matching lines.
--h | -H::
+-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
@@ -64,24 +69,33 @@ OPTIONS
option forces paths to be output relative to the project
top directory.
--E | --extended-regexp | -G | --basic-regexp::
+-E::
+--extended-regexp::
+-G::
+--basic-regexp::
Use POSIX extended/basic regexp for patterns. Default
is to use basic regexp.
--F | --fixed-strings::
+-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::
+-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.
--c | --count::
+-c::
+--count::
Instead of showing every matched line, show the number of
lines that match.
@@ -103,7 +117,10 @@ OPTIONS
scripts passing user input to grep. Multiple patterns are
combined by 'or'.
---and | --or | --not | ( | )::
+--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