NAME¶

hg grep - search for a pattern in specified files

SYNOPSIS¶

hg grep [--diff] [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION¶

Search the working directory or revision history for a regular expression in the specified files for the entire repository.

By default, grep searches the repository files in the working directory and prints the files where it finds a match. To specify historical revisions instead of the working directory, use the --rev flag.

To search instead historical revision differences that contains a change in match status ("-" for a match that becomes a non-match, or "+" for a non-match that becomes a match), use the --diff flag.

PATTERN can be any Python (roughly Perl-compatible) regular expression.

If no FILEs are specified and the --rev flag isn't supplied, all files in the working directory are searched. When using the --rev flag and specifying FILEs, use the --follow argument to also follow the specified FILEs across renames and copies.

Template:

The following keywords are supported in addition to the common template keywords and functions. See also hg help templates.

change

String. Character denoting insertion + or removal -. Available if --diff is specified.

lineno

Integer. Line number of the match.

path

String. Repository-absolute path of the file.

texts

List of text chunks.

And each entry of {texts} provides the following sub-keywords.

matched

Boolean. True if the chunk matches the specified pattern.

text

String. Chunk content.

See hg help templates.operators for the list expansion syntax.

Returns 0 if a match is found, 1 otherwise.

OPTIONS¶

-0, --print0

end fields with NUL

--all

an alias to --diff (DEPRECATED)

--diff

search revision differences for when the pattern was added or removed

-a, --text

treat all files as text

-f, --follow

follow changeset history, or file history across copies and renames

-i, --ignore-case

ignore case when matching

-l, --files-with-matches

print only filenames and revisions that match

-n, --line-number

print matching line numbers

-r,--rev <REV[+]>

search files changed within revision range

--all-files

include all files in the changeset while grepping (DEPRECATED)

-u, --user

list the author (long with -v)

-d, --date

list the date (short with -q)

-T,--template <TEMPLATE>

display with template

-I,--include <PATTERN[+]>

include names matching the given patterns

-X,--exclude <PATTERN[+]>

exclude names matching the given patterns

[+] marked option can be specified multiple times