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Re: [PATCH] Add two grep config options

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Joe Ratterman <jratt0@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2011, 18:08 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> But would any user go all that trouble, just not to say "-nE" from the
> command line (or use an alias that was designed not to crash with
> scripts)?
>

I use the $GREP_OPTIONS environment variable to add -n and -P (pcre) to my grep commands by default. Coming from a strong Perl background, I don't know the *exact* difference between basic and extended, so I do not usually realize I need -E until it gets a little too complicated. I generally forget line numbers until I want to start editing the file, making me run the grep command a second time. For me, it is much easier to have them in the environment/config-file, since I never want to avoid them.

Joe
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Message 10 of 19 in “Add two grep config options”
  1. Add two grep config optionsJoe Ratterman, Mar 25, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2011
  3. Michael J GruberMar 28, 2011
  4. Jeff KingMar 28, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberMar 28, 2011
  6. Jeff KingMar 28, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011
  8. Jeff KingMar 28, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011
  10. Joe RattermanMar 28, 2011
  11. Bert WesargMar 28, 2011
  12. Joe RattermanMar 28, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011
  14. grep: allow -E and -n to be turned on by default via configurationJunio C Hamano, Mar 28, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011
  16. Joe RattermanMar 28, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2011
  18. Joe RattermanMar 29, 2011
  19. grep: allow -E and -n to be turned on by default via configurationJoe Ratterman, Mar 30, 2011

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