On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 04:51:52PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt > index 0de3493b80..be13fc3253 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] > [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]] > [-z | --null] > - [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] > + [ -o | --only-matching ] [-c | --count] [--all-match] [-q | --quiet] > [--max-depth <depth>] > [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] > [--break] [--heading] [-p | --show-function] > @@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ providing this option will cause it to die. > Output \0 instead of the character that normally follows a > file name. > > +-o:: > +--only-matching:: > + Output only the matching part of the lines. > + Putting myself into the shoes of a naive reader, I have to wonder what happens when there are multiple matching parts on the same line. I know the answer from your commit message, but maybe that should be covered here? Maybe: Output only the matching part of the lines. If there are multiple matching parts, each is output on a separate line. -Peff
