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[PATCH] grep: prefer builtin over external one when coloring results

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Date
Mar 16, 2009, 02:20 UTC
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As far as I know, not all grep programs support coloring, so we should rely on builtin grep. If you want external grep, set color.grep.external to empty string.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 How about this?
 builtin-grep.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index 9e7e766..89489dd 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (opt.color && !opt.color_external)
+		builtin_grep = 1;
 	if (!opt.pattern_list)
 		die("no pattern given.");
 	if ((opt.regflags != REG_NEWLINE) && opt.fixed)
-- 
1.6.1.446.gc7851
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  2. 1/5 grep: micro-optimize hit collection for AND nodesRené Scharfe, Mar 7, 2009
  3. 2/5 grep: remove grep_opt argument from match_expr_eval()René Scharfe, Mar 7, 2009
  4. 3/5 grep: add pmatch and eflags arguments to match_one_pattern()René Scharfe, Mar 7, 2009
  5. 4/5 grep: color patterns in outputRené Scharfe, Mar 7, 2009
  6. 5/5 grep: add support for coloring with external grepsRené Scharfe, Mar 7, 2009
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 10, 2009
  8. René ScharfeMar 10, 2009
  9. grep: prefer builtin over external one when coloring resultspclouds@gmail.com, Mar 16, 2009
  10. René ScharfeMar 16, 2009

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