Git Recursive Grep

git-rg is a command-line tool for recursively searching for files in Git repositories that contain specific text patterns using regular expressions. It's useful for finding sensitive information like accidentally committed passwords or API keys within .git directories.

Installation

pip install git-rg
python3 -m pip install git-rg
pipx install git-rg

To install latest version from Github:

pipx install git+https://github.com/s3rgeym/git-rg

Usage

git-rg <pattern> [path] [-B <num>] [-A <num>] [-L <maxline>]

Example

To search for passwords in all .git files within the current directory and show 2 lines before and after the match:

git-rg "(?i)password\s*=\s*['\"]?(\w+)['\"]?" ~/projects -B 2 -A 2

Output seems like this: