Hello,
You need to add '=b.c' to the --nearness option.
The --from-here option has nothing to do with it.
$ global --result=grep --nearness=b.c --from-here=9:b.c foo
b.c:1:static int foo() {
a.c:1:static int foo() {
Regards
Shigio
2017-12-03 1:00 GMT+09:00 Gautam Thaker <[email protected]>:
> I have two files in a single directory, a.c and b.c each with a function
> "foo". If in emacs I am looking at file b.c and search for tag "foo", it
> goes to the definition of "foo" in file a.c. This is not what I believe is
> expected given from man mage:
>
> " [0] If the start is a file, output of local search in the file."
>
> And indeed, this is confirmed by:
>
> $ global -v --result=grep --color=always --nearness --path-style=shorter
> --from-here=9:b.c foo
> a.c:1:static int foo() {
> b.c:1:static int foo() {
> 2 objects located (using '/home/gthaker/ggtags-testing/GTAGS').
>
> I expected that from b.c it would find definition in file b.c above the
> one in a.c (but in lexical sorting a.c comes before b.c so it is going
> there.)
>
> files are as below:
>
> :::::::::::::
> a.c
> ::::::::::::::
> static int foo() {
> return 3;
> }
>
>
> main() {
> int x;
>
> x = foo();
> }
> ::::::::::::::
> b.c
> ::::::::::::::
> static int foo() {
> return 3;
> }
>
>
> main() {
> int x;
>
> x = foo();
> }
>
>
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