From: Paul Eggert Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:29:47 GMT Subject: Re: Inconsistent exit code for `git grep --files-without-match` with `--quiet` Message-ID: <8ec1ac20-162f-d888-fd14-ea47d7e39a38@cs.ucla.edu> Anthony reported this issue to bug-grep@gnu.org. From what I can see, git-grep's behavior is better, so I changed GNU grep to behave like git-grep. Please see: https://debbugs.gnu.org/28105 I hope this saves you folks a little bit of work.