Documentation/config.txt says it all.
Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@xxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++
builtin-add.c | 2 +-
builtin-grep.c | 2 +-
cache.h | 1 +
config.c | 8 ++++++++
environment.c | 1 +
6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5256c7f..f587cf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
+core.scope::
+ By default, the commands 'git add -u', 'git add -A' and 'git grep'
+ are limited to files below the current working directory
+ (scope='workdir'). Set this variable to scope='global' to make these
+ commands act on the whole tree instead.
+
add.ignore-errors::
Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 006fd08..33ea3e4 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (addremove && take_worktree_changes)
die("-A and -u are mutually incompatible");
- if ((addremove || take_worktree_changes) && !argc) {
+ if (!scope_global && (addremove || take_worktree_changes) && !argc) {
static const char *here[2] = { ".", NULL };
argc = 1;
argv = here;
diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index f6af3d4..447b195 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (i < argc)
paths = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i);
- else if (prefix) {
+ else if (!scope_global && prefix) {
paths = xcalloc(2, sizeof(const char *));
paths[0] = prefix;
paths[1] = NULL;
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 5fad24c..85c5fee 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ extern int auto_crlf;
extern int read_replace_refs;
extern int fsync_object_files;
extern int core_preload_index;
+extern int scope_global;
enum safe_crlf {
SAFE_CRLF_FALSE = 0,
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e87edea..8dec019 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -503,6 +503,14 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "core.scope")) {
+ if (!strcasecmp(value, "global"))
+ scope_global = 1;
+ if (!strcasecmp(value, "worktree"))
+ scope_global = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.txt. */
return 0;
}
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 5de6837..4d1c6e1 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum push_default_type push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_MATCHING;
#endif
enum object_creation_mode object_creation_mode = OBJECT_CREATION_MODE;
int grafts_replace_parents = 1;
+int scope_global = 0;
/* Parallel index stat data preload? */
int core_preload_index = 0;
--
1.6.4.2.264.g79b4f
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