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[PATCH 3/7] grep: --count over binary

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
May 13, 2010, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID
<4BEC62F6.9050602@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
<4BEC6211.2000309@lsrfire.ath.cx>

The intent of showing the message "Binary file xyz matches" for binary files is to avoid annoying users by potentially messing up their terminals by printing control characters. In --count mode, this precaution isn't necessary.

Display counts of matches if -c/--count was specified, even if -a was not given. GNU grep does the same.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
---
 grep.c                 |    2 +-
 t/t7008-grep-binary.sh |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 2a8e879..4b6c02e 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static int grep_buffer_1(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *name,
 
 	switch (opt->binary) {
 	case GREP_BINARY_DEFAULT:
-		if (buffer_is_binary(buf, size))
+		if (!opt->count && buffer_is_binary(buf, size))
 			binary_match_only = 1;
 		break;
 	case GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH:
diff --git a/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh b/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
index f9fd5e6..5449dd9 100755
--- a/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
+++ b/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git grep -I ina a' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git grep -c ina a' '
+	echo a:1 >expect &&
+	git grep -c ina a >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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  1. 0/7 grep: better support for binary filesRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  2. 1/7 grep: add test script for binary file handlingRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  3. 2/7 grep: refactor handling of binary mode optionsRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  4. 3/7 grep: --count over binaryRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  5. Dmitry PotapovMay 14, 2010
  6. René ScharfeMay 16, 2010
  7. 4/7 grep: use memmem() for fixed string searchRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  8. 5/7 grep: continue case insensitive fixed string search after NUL charsRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  9. 6/7 grep: add regmatch(), a wrapper for REG_STARTEND handlingRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010
  10. 7/7 grep: use regmatch() for line matchingRené Scharfe, May 13, 2010

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