From: El_Hoy <eloyesp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:00:27 GMT
Subject: Making git grep ignore binary the default
Message-ID: <CAPapNH0C3+bU-RUO6oFHUKLjKuNdm-aXgsFTHFobYVrJXWzr=g@mail.gmail.com>

I've found that there is a flag (`git grep -I`) to ignore binary
files, it works great, but I've found no way to make it the default.

It would be great to have a config for this. This way a possible
implementation implies:

- Adding a config `grep.ignoreBinary` that defaults to false, keeping
the current default.

- Adding a flag `git grep --include-binary` to revert the default. But
maybe the `-a, --text` flag already does that.

Also, maybe the next git version (3.0) can default to ignore-binary as
a better default.

Finally, if this makes sense, I can do my best to implement the change
in the code.

Regards.
- Eloy