Re: [PATCH 0/7] grep.c: teach --column to 'git-grep(1)'

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2018, 18:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfu1iveaw.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180619180525.GA28203@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> Even if it's a double-inversion? The reason we carry both `col` and
> `icol` is that it allows:
>
>   git grep --not --not --not --not -e a
>
> to still say "we found 'a' here". That's a dumb thing to ask for, but it
> is true in the end that we show lines with "a" (and will colorize them
> as such).

Yes. I think the code is doing too much to cater to a dumb request ;-)

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