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diff --git a/git-grep.sh b/git-grep.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) Linus Torvalds, 2005
+#
+
+pattern=
+flags=()
+git_flags=()
+while : ; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--cached|--deleted|--others|--killed|\
+	--ignored|--exclude=*|\
+	--exclude-from=*|\--exclude-per-directory=*)
+		git_flags=("${git_flags[@]}" "$1")
+		;;
+	-e)
+		pattern="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	-A|-B|-C|-D|-d|-f|-m)
+		flags=("${flags[@]}" "$1" "$2")
+		shift
+		;;
+	--)
+		# The rest are git-ls-files paths (or flags)
+		shift
+		break
+		;;
+	-*)
+		flags=("${flags[@]}" "$1")
+		;;
+	*)
+		if [ -z "$pattern" ]; then
+			pattern="$1"
+			shift
+		fi
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+git-ls-files -z "${git_flags[@]}" "$@" |
+	xargs -0 grep "${flags[@]}" "$pattern"