git/git-grep.sh, branch v1.2.2

git-grep: clarification on parameters.

2006-01-22T03:34:11Z

We forgot to make sure that there is no more than one pattern parameter. Also when looking for files in a directory called '--others', it passed that path limiter without preceding the end-of-options marker '--' to underlying git-ls-files, which misunderstood it as one of its options instead. $ git grep --others -e Meta/Make Meta $ git grep -o -e Meta/Make Meta $ git grep -o Meta/Make Meta look for a string "Meta/Make" from untracked files in Meta/ directory. $ git grep Meta/Make --others looks for the same string from tracked files in ./--others directory. On the other hand, $ git grep -e Meta/Make --others does not have a freestanding pattern, so everybody is parameter and there is no path specifier. It looks for the string in all the untracked files without any path limiter. [jc: updated with usability enhancements and documentation cleanups from Sean.] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Trivial usage string clean-up

2005-12-14T10:53:43Z

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Kuivinen Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Disallow empty pattern in "git grep"

2005-11-16T21:17:46Z

For some reason I've done a "git grep" twice with no pattern, which is really irritating, since it just grep everything. If I actually wanted that, I could do "git grep ^" or something. So add a "usage" message if the pattern is empty. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

git-grep: fix 'git grep -e $pattern' handling

2005-09-24T22:09:48Z

People typically say 'grep -e $pattern' because $pattern has a leading dash which would be mistaken as a grep flag. Make sure we pass -e in front of $pattern when we invoke grep. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Improve "git grep" flags handling

2005-09-13T02:15:02Z

This allows any arbitrary flags to "grep", and knows about the few special grep flags that take an argument too. It also allows some flags for git-ls-files, although their usefulness is questionable. With this, something line git grep -w -1 pattern works, without the script enumerating every possible flag. [jc: this is the version Linus sent out after I showed him a barf-o-meter test version that avoids shell arrays. He must have typed this version blindly, since he said: I'm not barfing, but that's probably because my brain just shut down and is desperately trying to gouge my eyes out with a spoon. I slightly fixed it to catch the remaining arguments meant to be given git-ls-files.] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Allow finding things that begin with a dash in 'git grep'

2005-09-12T20:24:55Z

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

[PATCH] Add "git grep" helper

2005-09-12T20:20:03Z

Very convenient shorthand for git-ls-files [file-patterns] | xargs grep which I tend to do all the time. Yes, it's trivial, but it's really nice. I can do git grep '\' arch/i386 include/asm-i386 and it does exactly what you'd think it does. And since it just uses the normal git-ls-files file patterns, you can do things like git grep something 'include/*.h' and it will search all header files under the include/ subdirectory. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano