From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:47:45 GMT
Subject: Re: git file listing is inconsistent
Message-ID: <xmqqd289prb2.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGOJM6+DTSn2qa-KTWceqyraaugX_YVZhirkdc+t+cDfFB4OyQ@mail.gmail.com>

Woody Gilk <woody.gilk@gmail.com> writes:

> git diff --name-only
> git grep --files-with-matches
>
> I think --files-with-matches should be deprecated and replaced with
> --name-only for consistency.

That longer name comes from "GNU grep" consistency.

Why anybody does not use a shorter and sweeter "grep -l" is beyond
me, though ;-)