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Re: [WARNING] Proposed future changes that are backward incompatible

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Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Feb 28, 2009, 02:36 UTC
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George Spelvin, 27.02.2009:
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> There's one more change that was suggested that I'd like to propose:
> - Make "git grep" search the whole repository by default; include an
>   explicit "." path limiter to search only the current directory.
> 
> In addition to being more consistent with other commands like "git log",
> this saves a lot of typing working in drivers/net/usb/ if the identifier
> you're looking for is in include/.

I use ctags from within the editor Vim therefor. Also grepping may show too many unwanted results.

Markus
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 9 of 9 in “Re: [WARNING] Proposed future changes that are backward incompatible”
  1. George SpelvinFeb 27, 2009
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 27, 2009
  3. Sverre RabbelierFeb 27, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2009
  5. Pascal ObryFeb 27, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2009
  7. George SpelvinFeb 27, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2009
  9. Markus HeidelbergFeb 28, 2009

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