Tool: search_files

Description: Search for a text pattern in all files within a directory and return matching lines. Respects .gitignore.

Argument	Type	Description
directories	list[str]	List of directories to search in.
pattern	str	Plain text substring to search for in files. (Not a regular expression or glob pattern.)
recursive	bool	Whether to search recursively in subdirectories. Defaults to True.
Returns	str	Matching lines from files as a newline-separated string, or warning if pattern is empty.

Example usage: search_files(directories=["src"], pattern="def ", recursive=True)

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