Re: [PATCH] git.el: Add a git-grep command

From: David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Feb 22, 2008, 09:15 UTC
Message-ID: <87wsox9wsu.fsf@lysator.liu.se>
In-Reply-To: <20080222073157.GA6630@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> writes:

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> On 2008-02-19 14:03:18 +0100, David Kågedal wrote:
>
>> This works for me, but before including it someone else should try
>> it. It might only work in Emacs 22, for instance.
>
> It works for me (also using emacs 22).
>
> I was a bit confused about the filename pattern selection, though: the
> promt suggested "ch", which, when I accepted it, was converted to
> "*.[ch]". However, manually specifying "*.c" works as well. I'm not
> sure if this is specific to your patch or something affecting all grep
> stuff in emacs (though I can't recall seeing it before).

This isn't invented by me, but is "standard" in the grep commands in Emacs 22. See the grep-files-aliases variable and the documentation of rgrep.

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David Kågedal