Re: [PATCH 0/2] Teach 'git grep' about --open-files-in-pager=[<pager>]

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> This supports opening the results of a 'git grep' directly in a pager
> (where the pager can be 'vi', too).
>
> This series is purely about convenience, everything the option does can
> be done with a regular script or command line.
>
> But I saw so many people doing their own scripts for that, and in many
> cases, they are subtly broken (e.g.
>
>        git grep -z <expr> | xargs -0r vi +/<expr>
>
> would work as long as you do not have to check the exit status of git
> grep from another script) that I finally decided to go for it and send
> this patch pair.
>
> My most common use case for this is to do something like
>
>        git grep -Ovi SomeJustRenamedFile
>
> to edit all files I might have forgotten to change after a git mv.
>
> (Actually, to be honest, my use case involves -Pvi, but I will have to
> retrain my hands.)
>
> Johannes Schindelin (2):
>  grep: Add the option '--open-files-in-pager'
>  grep -P: allow optional argument specifying the pager (or editor)