From: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 06:54:02 GMT
Subject: Re: "git grep --no-index" doesn't do what it says on the tin?
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On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From "git help grep":
>
>       --no-index
>            Search files in the current directory that is not managed by Git.
>
>        --untracked
>            In addition to searching in the tracked files in the working tree,
>            search also in untracked files.

The difference is in the "not managed by Git". Inside a repository,
they will do the same thing. But only the first can work outside a
repository.

Cheers,
Antoine