Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> If it's an attribute of the file, and not the request, maybe
> gitattributes would be a better fit. You can already do this with:
>
> *.foo -diff
>
> in your .gitattributes file, though that _also_ marks the files as "not
> for diffing", which may not be desired. There's not a separate "grep"
> attribute, but I do not think it would be unreasonable to add one.
I have a vague recollection of having a discussion that started with
something like this:
"diff" is named as if it is only for "diff" for historical
reasons, but it is about "do we want to treat its raw contents
as text?"
I do not recall its conclusion, but it it were "Yes, that is what it
means", then it might be reasonable to:
- have "git grep" ignore paths marked with -diff by default
(perhaps "-a" option to disable, just like GNU)
- have "git grep" pay attention to diff.textconv and search in the
result of textconv filter.
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