Re: protect .git folder/files from grep/sed commands

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 16, 2019, 01:51 UTC
Message-ID: <20190316015115.GB24175@szeder.dev>
In-Reply-To: <SYXPR01MB09574FEB4E6D6476B4F1D155DD450@SYXPR01MB0957.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com>

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 01:37:39AM +0000, Dimitri Joukoff wrote:

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> When performing global changes in a project/tree using a command like:
> 
> grep -r "search" | xargs -I {} sed -i '' s/search/replace/g
> 
> there exists the possibility that this command will alter data in .git
> folder.  Using GNU grep, it is possible to use --exclude '/.*"' to avoid
> the .git folder, but this flag is not available on BSD grep (i.e. MacOS).

Try 'git grep "search" | ...'