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Re: [PATCH] git grep: Add "-Z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.

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Raphael Zimmerer <killekulla@rdrz.de>
Date
Sep 30, 2008, 23:41 UTC
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<20080930234157.GA1453@rdrz.de>
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<20080930231619.GR21310@spearce.org>
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 04:16:19PM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> Elsewhere in Git we call this "-z", like "git ls-tree -z", "git
> log -z".  Should we match grep or git convention here?

I'd tend to grep's convention, as most options of git-grep mimic those of grep. grep uses "-z" for \0 on _input_, so that would be very confusing for grep users...

- Raphael
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Message 3 of 11 in “git grep: Add "-Z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.”
  1. git grep: Add "-Z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.Raphael Zimmerer, Sep 30, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceSep 30, 2008
  3. Raphael ZimmererSep 30, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2008
  5. Raphael ZimmererOct 1, 2008
  6. Shawn O. PearceOct 1, 2008
  7. Raphael ZimmererOct 1, 2008
  8. Pierre HabouzitOct 1, 2008
  9. Shawn O. PearceOct 1, 2008
  10. git grep: Add "-z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.Raphael Zimmerer, Oct 1, 2008
  11. Shawn O. PearceOct 1, 2008

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