From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:25:53 GMT
Subject: Re: let git grep consider sub projects
Message-ID: <xmqq8ukrg2j2.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141007082914.GA2729@aepfle.de>

Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> writes:

> 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?