Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>>
>>> - The shell-script one, if you use GNU grep, accepts more
>>> options to grep than what the current built-in one supports.
>>> Notable ones that are missing: fixed strings (-F), patterns
>>> from file (-f), count matches (-c), omit filenames (-h),
>>> skipping binary files (-I, -U), files without match (-L),
>>> pcre (-P), silent (-q), word expression (-w), NUL (-z). They
>>> should be easy to add if somebody cares enough, and I plan to
>>> do a few myself before pushing it out to "master".
>>
>> I use "-w" all the time, along with -5 or similar to get context for the
>> grep.
>
> Noted; -w is missing; -A/-B/-C are already there so you could
> say -C 5 instead, and -<n> should be easy to add.
I did both -<n> and -w, and pushed it out in "next".
What we have:
-<n>, -[ABC] <n> (and -[ABC]<n>)
-E
-G
-H (but it is an no-op -- we always show name)
-c
-e (you can do multiple patterns now)
-i
-n
-v
-w
-l
What are still missing:
-I (easy)
-L (probably a bit intrusive)
-P (code is easy -- deciding dependency on pcre is OK is harder)
-U (probably not so easy but may be useful)
-Z (probably easy but is it useful?)
-q (may not be worth doing)
-z (easy but pointless)
-F (dunno)
-f (with the enhancement to do multiple -e, trivial to add this)
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