git/git-grep.sh
Linus Torvalds f22cc3fcbf [PATCH] Add "git grep" helper
Very convenient shorthand for

	git-ls-files [file-patterns] | xargs grep <pattern>

which I tend to do all the time.

Yes, it's trivial, but it's really nice. I can do

	git grep '\<some_variable\>' arch/i386 include/asm-i386

and it does exactly what you'd think it does. And since it just uses the
normal git-ls-files file patterns, you can do things like

	git grep something 'include/*.h'

and it will search all header files under the include/ subdirectory.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-09-12 13:20:03 -07:00

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#!/bin/sh
flags=
while :; do
pattern="$1"
case "$pattern" in
-i|-I|-a|-E|-H|-h|-l)
flags="$flags $pattern"
shift
;;
-*)
echo "unknown flag $pattern" >&2
exit 1
;;
*)
break
;;
esac
done
shift
git-ls-files -z "$@" | xargs -0 grep $flags "$pattern"