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Re: let git grep consider sub projects

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2014, 18:25 UTC
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Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> writes:
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> How can I teach 'git grep $string' to also consider subprojects?
>
> The build system of xen.git clones 4 other trees into a directory in its
> source tree during build. It would be nice if my 'git grep' searches
> also in these cloned subdirs. Somehow there must be some knowledge
> because 'git clean -dfx' leaves them alone, while 'git clean -dffx'
> wipes everything.
>
> Olaf
>
> PS: Sometimes I miss a 'git clean -dfx --also-sub-repos' useful to
> really clean everything before starting over.

Is "submodule foreach" under-advertised or with less than adequate features?

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  1. Olaf HeringOct 7, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2014
  3. Mikael MagnussonOct 7, 2014
  4. Jens LehmannOct 8, 2014
  5. Olaf HeringOct 8, 2014
  6. Jens LehmannOct 8, 2014
  7. Olaf HeringOct 8, 2014

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