Re: [PATCH] git-grep: Add ability to limit directory recursion
* Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> [080506 20:34]:
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> Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> writes:
>
> > This add a -R <limit> option to git-grep which will limit the depth of the
> > directories recursed when git is doing a grep.
> >
> > This allows you to do something like:
> > git grep -R 1 <pattern>
> > and see only the results of the grep on files in the current directory.
> >
> > It defaults to a limit of "0" which disables the limiting.
>
> Nice idea, although I'm not sure if we shouldn't borrow "-maxdepth"
> option from GNU find and friends...
Good idea - I hadn't thought of that, but I like it better.
a.
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