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Re: [PATCH] grep: fix grepping for "intent to add" files

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Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
Date
Jun 16, 2016, 11:44 UTC
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<20160616114452.GA21930@hashpling.org>
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 05:57:18PM +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:
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> 
> "git grep --cached" searches file content that will be committed by
> "git commit" (no -a). An i-t-a entry will not be committed (you would
> need "git add" first, or do "git commit -a"). So if I say "search
> among the to-be-committed file content, list files that do not match
> abc" (git grep -l -v --cached abc), the i-t-a entry will show up
> because its fake content is empty (i.e. not contain "abc"), even
> though it's not in the "to-be-committed" list. So yeah, correctness
> issue.

OK, I think there is an issue there but it's not with "-l -v --cached" but rather with "-L --cached". If my understanding is correct, "-l -v" means "has a line that doesn't match" whereas "-L" means "has no line that matches".

Does this sound correct? I'll try adding a new test.
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  1. grep: fix grepping for "intent to add" filesCharles Bailey, Jun 16, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2016
  3. Duy NguyenJun 16, 2016
  4. Charles BaileyJun 16, 2016
  5. Duy NguyenJun 16, 2016
  6. Charles BaileyJun 16, 2016
  7. Duy NguyenJun 16, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2016

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