Git · Middle · Question 59 of 75

What does `git grep "TODO"` search?

1Commit messages in the history
2Only staged changes in the index
✓Correct answer: Tracked files in the working tree

Explanation

It's fast and skips untracked and ignored files like node_modules. You can also search another revision: git grep TODO v1.0.

Further reading

Git docs: git-log ↗

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