From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 04:07:37 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] builtin/grep.c: show column numbers via --column-number
Message-ID: <xmqq8t9hb3sm.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180421034540.GF24606@syl.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> This commit teaches 'git-grep(1)' a new option, '--column-number'. This
> ...
> +`columnnumber`;;
> +	column number prefix (when using `-m`)

Is there other people's tool (preferrably some variant of "grep")
that has an option to tell it to show the column number of the hit?
What is the option called there?  Does that tool let the option
squat on short-and-sweet '-m'?

Thanks.