In both ubuntu versions of git 1.9.1 and 2.7.0
git grep '-test'
git grep '--help'
Or any other expressions literal leading with a single dash or double
dash get interpreted as argument flags and not as search expressions.
What I expect is grep results for the literal strings "-test" and "--help"
What i get is git help output informing of wrong argument usage, or
accidentally turning on flags I didn't expect.
Work around; for afflicted users terminating argument parsing with `
-- ` works as it should.
git grep -- '-test'
Confirmed on two Ubuntu [based] systems, Ubuntu Server 14.03 and
LinuxMint 17.3 [Cinnamon]
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