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Re: Add "git grep" helper

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 12, 2005, 21:45 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> Very convenient shorthand for
>
> 	git-ls-files [file-patterns] | xargs grep <pattern>
>
> which I tend to do all the time.

Great minds think alike. I stopped using 'grep-find' in Emacs and use "git-ls-fiels -z | xargs -0 grep" instead these days. Thanks for the patch; applied.

I do not much care about other grep flags but I think you forgot to special case '-e', so what is in the "master" branch has one extra commit on top of it for that (it does not seem to have percolated down yet).

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  1. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2005
  2. Morten WelinderSep 12, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2005
  6. Improve "git grep" flags handlingLinus Torvalds, Sep 12, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2005
  12. Improve "git grep" flags handlingJunio C Hamano, Sep 13, 2005
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