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Re: [PATCH] built-in "git grep" (git grip).

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 2, 2006, 21:23 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605021422200.4086@g5.osdl.org>
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On Tue, 2 May 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
>  - The shell-script one, if you use GNU grep, accepts more
>    options to grep than what the current built-in one supports.
>    Notable ones that are missing: fixed strings (-F), patterns
>    from file (-f), count matches (-c), omit filenames (-h),
>    skipping binary files (-I, -U), files without match (-L),
>    pcre (-P), silent (-q), word expression (-w), NUL (-z).  They
>    should be easy to add if somebody cares enough, and I plan to
>    do a few myself before pushing it out to "master".

I use "-w" all the time, along with -5 or similar to get context for the grep.

		Linus
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  19. Linus TorvaldsMay 1, 2006
  20. builtin-grep: wildcard pathspec fixesJunio C Hamano, May 1, 2006
  21. builtin-grep: do not use setup_revisions()Junio C Hamano, May 1, 2006

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