git grep
Mar 11, 2019 ·
This is a short note to my future self on how to use git grep instead of grep to find all occurrences of a certain text in all files within a git repository folder.
I used to use grep to achieve this, but always had to lookup the syntax. Also, it’s not as quick and intuitive as I’d like it to be. git grep is a LOT faster, and much easier to use.
To use git grep instead of grep, you just have to type:
git grep 'the string to search for'
To narrow it down to only search in certain types of files, just add a file pattern:
git grep 'the string to search for' *.txt
This is a lot easier to use, and MUCH faster than grep.
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