On 03/01/2011 09:50 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> The reason I am skeptical about the "from root prefix" is because I do not
> see a way to make it compatible with other meaningful pathspecs.
>
> $ cd Documentation
> $ git grep -e frotz '*.txt'
>
> would find frotz in all *.txt files in Documentation (and its
> subdirectories), if the command takes "relatigve to cwd".
>
> It also is very clear that
>
> $ cd Documentation
> $ git grep --full-tree -e frotz '*.txt'
>
> would find those anywhere, inside or outside Documentation.
>
> On the other hand, it is natural to expect that
>
> $ git grep -e frotz ".../*.txt"
>
> should find *.txt files _only_ at the root level, so it is not as
useful as
> the --full-tree (or --root).
I don't understand this last statement. I think it implies that it is
also natural to expect that
$ git grep -e frotz -- "../*.txt"
should find *.txt files _only_ in the parent directory. But this is not
the case. It returns the same search results as
$ ( cd .. ; git grep -e frotz -- "*.txt" )
Phil
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