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Re: git-grep: option parsing conflicts with prefix-dash searches

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 6, 2010, 08:17 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> I have known GNU extended grep implementations long enough but never saw
> that "--" used to quote a pattern.  Is it worth supporting to begin with?

Well, it is a natural consequence of the way command-line parsing works in typical GNU progs; "--" doesn't mean "files follow", it means "no more options"....

-Miles
-- 
I'd rather be consing.
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