git grep -I bug

From: Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2009, 17:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20090202174257.GA8259@Ambelina.erc-wireless.uc.edu>

I am running git version 1.6.1.2.309.g2ea3.

When I use

git grep -I "string_to_match"

to ignore binary files in my grep, binary files are returned anyway.

When I do a regular

grep "string_to_match" *

grep does not show the binary files. I believe this is a bug.

Thanks, Jeremy O'Brien

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