Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Grepping through the binary, on the other hand, can very well make > sense, like: > > $ git grep foo > file.txt: some instance of foo > binary file bar.bin matches Yes, I am moderately negative on making it the default, mostly because it goes against established expectations, but I did not mean to say that an ability to pass blob contents through textconv before running grep should not exist. It would be a good option to have. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html