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Re: git-grep while excluding files in a blacklist

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2012, 01:24 UTC
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Does git-grep allow searching for a pattern in all files *except*
>>> files matching a pattern. E.g. in our project we have multiple DLL's
>>> in git, but when searching I would like to exclude these for speed. Is
>>> that possible with git-grep?
>>
>> Not from command line, no. You can put "*.dll" to .gitignore file then
>> "git grep --exclude-standard".
>
> No rush, but is this something we would eventually want to handle with the
> negative pathspec?

Definitely. But because I'm stuck at adding "seen" feature from match_pathspec_depth to tree_entry_interesting, that probably won't happen this year. Adding "--exclude=<pattern>" to git-grep is a more plausible option.

-- 
Duy
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Message 4 of 43 in “git-grep while excluding files in a blacklist”
  1. Dov GrobgeldJan 17, 2012
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 17, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 18, 2012
  5. Don't search files with an unset "grep" attributeconrad.irwin@gmail.com, Jan 23, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2012
  7. Don't search files with an unset "grep" attributeConrad Irwin, Jan 23, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2012
  9. Jeff KingJan 25, 2012
  10. Stephen BashJan 26, 2012
  11. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
  12. Michael HaggertyJan 26, 2012
  13. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2012
  15. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2012
  16. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2012
  17. Conrad IrwinFeb 1, 2012
  18. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2012
  19. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  21. 1/2 grep: let grep_buffer callers specify a binary flagJeff King, Feb 1, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  23. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  24. 0/9 respect binary attribute in grepJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  25. 1/9 grep: make locking flag globalJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  26. 2/9 grep: move sha1-reading mutex into low-level codeJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  27. 3/9 grep: refactor the concept of "grep source" into an objectJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  28. 4/9 convert git-grep to use grep_source interfaceJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  29. 5/9 grep: drop grep_buffer's "name" parameterJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  30. 6/9 grep: cache userdiff_driver in grep_sourceJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  32. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  33. 7/9 grep: respect diff attributes for binary-nessJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  34. 8/9 grep: load file data after checking binary-nessJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  35. 9/9 grep: pre-load userdiff drivers when threadedJeff King, Feb 2, 2012
  36. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  37. Thomas RastFeb 2, 2012
  38. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  40. Pete WyckoffFeb 4, 2012
  41. Jeff KingFeb 4, 2012
  42. 2/2 grep: respect diff attributes for binary-nessJeff King, Feb 1, 2012
  43. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2012

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