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Re: How to restrict command “git grep” to the first search result per file?

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jul 6, 2025, 11:42 UTC
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On Jul 06 2025, Markus Elfring wrote:
> File contents can be searched also by the means of the program call “git grep”.
> Would you become interested to find specified items only once in each file
> (instead of multiple times)?
Does "git grep -l" suit your needs?
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