git grep prints colon instead of slash

Marc Gonzalez· Nov 21, 2018, 13:54 UTC · lore

Hello,

I'm using an older version of git, so this particular issue might have already been fixed.

$ git --version git version 2.17.1

If I specify the branch to explore, git grep prints a colon instead of a slash in the path:

$ git grep arm,coresight-tmc master:Documentation/devicetree
master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt:                     "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt:             compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
                               ^
                              HERE

There is no such issue when the branch is not specified:

$ git grep arm,coresight-tmc Documentation/devicetree
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt:                    "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt:            compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
                        ^
                    NO ISSUE

Is this expected behavior? The spurious colon prevents one from simply copy/pasting the output.

Regards.

Jeff King· Nov 21, 2018, 13:59 UTC · re: Marc Gonzalez · lore

Re: git grep prints colon instead of slash

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:54:34PM +0100, Marc Gonzalez wrote:

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> If I specify the branch to explore, git grep prints a colon instead of
> a slash in the path:
> 
> $ git grep arm,coresight-tmc master:Documentation/devicetree
> master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt:                     "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
> master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt:             compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
>                                ^
>                               HERE
> 
> There is no such issue when the branch is not specified:
> 
> $ git grep arm,coresight-tmc Documentation/devicetree
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt:                    "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt:            compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
>                         ^
>                     NO ISSUE
> 
> 
> Is this expected behavior?
> The spurious colon prevents one from simply copy/pasting the output.

There's lots of discussion in this thread from last year:

  https://public-inbox.org/git/20170119150347.3484-1-stefanha@redhat.com/

Notably:

  git grep arm,coresight-tmc master -- Documentation/devicetree

will do what you want.

-Peff