Re: [PATCH/RFC v4] grep: Add the option '--exclude'

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2012, 14:35 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8CC+cwV+DEWPZVJqEtMq1Rd_RZtUTpMCeSmem5B_7vDMA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1328192753-29162-1-git-send-email-surfingalbert@gmail.com>

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Albert Yale <surfingalbert@gmail.com> wrote:

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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
> index 6a8b1e3..b45706a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>           [--color[=<when>] | --no-color]
>           [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
>           [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
> +          [-x <pattern>|--exclude <pattern>]
>           [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
>           [ [--exclude-standard] [--cached | --no-index | --untracked] | <tree>...]
>           [--] [<pathspec>...]

I'd like to have a careful look at this but haven't found time/energy yet. So just a minor comment. Please use the term <pathspec> instead of <pattern>. Exclude pattern has complete different syntax than pathspec and --exclude followed by "pattern" may give wrong impression.

I'd also avoid reuse "-x" if it's common for exclude patterns, but finding a new letter may be difficult. Keep in mind this feature in the long run benefits more commands than just git-grep and ideally they should all use the same letter for short option name.

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Duy