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Re: git-grep to operate across who repository and not just CWD?

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Mar 1, 2011, 08:54 UTC
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy venit, vidit, dixit 01.03.2011 09:16:
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> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Michael J Gruber
> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>> I would love "git grep" to be repowise, with the simple "git grep ." to
>> make it relative to cwd. We've discussed making more commands repowise,
>> and the consensus (which I've stated above, accepting the majority vote)
>> was that some should stay, e.g. git-grep. The discussion started with
>>
>> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/166135>
>>
>> and the consensus is stated here:
>>
>> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/167149>
>>
>> This does not prevent you from submitting a "--full-tree" patch for
>> git-grep, of course.
> 
> In fact Junio wrote one:
> 
> http://mid.gmane.org/7vk4xggv27.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org

Oh yes, thanks for reminding me. And guess who replied first back then? Oh well...

> If I remember correctly, it was dropped because of the interaction
> with pathspecs (relative to cwd vs to worktree's root). I'd be great
> if someone can pick it up and finish it.

Rereading that thread, I don't think there was any objection against "--full-tree", but it suffered from DTD (discussed-to-death). To make it really usefull, one would need a short-cut/option/whatever, and that's where the discussion went astray. I have an idea, though :)

Michael
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  1. David ChantersFeb 28, 2011
  2. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2011
  3. Jay SoffianFeb 28, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2011
  6. Phil HordFeb 28, 2011
  7. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  9. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  12. 0/2 grep --full-treeMichael J Gruber, Mar 1, 2011
  13. 1/2 grep: --full-treeMichael J Gruber, Mar 1, 2011
  14. 2/2 grep: make --full-tree work with pathspecsMichael J Gruber, Mar 1, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  16. setup.c: denote repo wide pathspecs by ':'Michael J Gruber, Mar 1, 2011
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  18. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  20. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 1, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  23. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2011
  25. Sverre RabbelierMar 2, 2011
  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 2, 2011
  27. Michael J GruberMar 2, 2011
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2011
  29. Michael J GruberMar 2, 2011
  30. Miles BaderMar 3, 2011
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2011
  32. Phil HordMar 3, 2011
  33. Michael J GruberMar 3, 2011
  34. Phil HordMar 1, 2011
  35. James PickensMar 1, 2011
  36. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 2, 2011
  37. Phil HordMar 3, 2011
  38. Michael J GruberMar 3, 2011
  39. Michael J GruberMar 1, 2011
  40. Phil HordMar 1, 2011
  41. pathspec: reserve some letters after a colon pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 23, 2011
  42. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2011
  43. Michael J GruberMar 24, 2011
  44. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 24, 2011
  45. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2011
  46. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2011

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