Search text in all the objects in a Git repository

git-grep-all.bash

#!/bin/bash
set -e
set +xv

# Use an environment variable for the text that you are looking for.
# SEARCH_STRING="PUT_YOUR_TEXT" ./git-grep-all.bash
# Or, set the text hardcoded in this script.
if [ -z "${SEARCH_STRING}" ]; then
  # Define the text you are looking for.
  SEARCH_STRING="PUT_YOUR_TEXT"
fi

echo "Searching the word: '${SEARCH_STRING}'…"

git grep --text --ignore-case --line-number --recursive --color=always --threads=4 "${SEARCH_STRING}" $(git rev-list --all --objects | cut -d ' ' -f 1)