Re: [PATCH] git grep: Add "-Z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 1, 2008, 13:15 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0810011514530.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20080930234157.GA1453@rdrz.de>

Hi,

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Raphael Zimmerer wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 04:16:19PM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> > Elsewhere in Git we call this "-z", like "git ls-tree -z", "git log 
> > -z".  Should we match grep or git convention here?
> 
> I'd tend to grep's convention, as most options of git-grep mimic those 
> of grep. grep uses "-z" for \0 on _input_, so that would be very 
> confusing for grep users...

I tend to disagree. Git is _already_ perceived as too heterogenous, and we should not add to that pile.

Ciao, Dscho