# [PATCH] grep: Add the option '--line-number'

2 messages from 2011-03-28 to 2011-03-28. Participants: Joe Ratterman, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26894

## Joe Ratterman, 2011-03-28 18:11

Subject: [PATCH] grep: Add the option '--line-number'
Message-ID: <1301335915-5782-1-git-send-email-jratt0@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1301335915-5782-1-git-send-email-jratt0%40gmail.com

```
This is a synonym for the existing '-n' option, matching GNU grep.

Signed-off-by: Joe Ratterman <jratt0@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-grep.txt |    1 +
 builtin/grep.c             |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 71668e0..c446590 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	as a regex).
 
 -n::
+--line-number::
 	Prefix the line number to matching lines.
 
 -l::
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 1d35f76..c51e9f1 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "fixed-strings", &opt.fixed,
 			"interpret patterns as fixed strings"),
 		OPT_GROUP(""),
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', NULL, &opt.linenum, "show line numbers"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "line-number", &opt.linenum, "show line numbers"),
 		OPT_NEGBIT('h', NULL, &opt.pathname, "don't show filenames", 1),
 		OPT_BIT('H', NULL, &opt.pathname, "show filenames", 1),
 		OPT_NEGBIT(0, "full-name", &opt.relative,
-- 
1.7.4.1.4.g0ea33

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2011-03-28 21:02

Subject: Re: [PATCH] grep: Add the option '--line-number'
Message-ID: <7voc4vvtzz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7voc4vvtzz.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <1301335915-5782-1-git-send-email-jratt0@gmail.com>

```
Thanks, will queue.

```