Re: Stefan Beller 2018-10-01
> git-grep is always file/tree recursive, but there is --recurse-submodules
> which is off by default. Instead of providing a short alias to a noop,
> we could use -r for submodules. (And if you happen to have no
> submodules, this is a noop for you)
That would be
Re: Junio C Hamano 2018-09-29
> I also expect folks who are used to "git grep --re" to summon
> the only option of the command that begins with that prefix to start
> complaining that they now have to type "--recurs" instead.
Fwiw I was just asking about -r. There doesn't have to be a
I often use "grep -r $pattern" to recursively grep a source tree. If
that takes too long, I hit ^C and tag "git" in front of the command
line and re-run it. git then complains "error: unknown switch `r'"
because "git grep" is naturally recursive.
Could we have "git grep -r" accept the argument
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