Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > If the tree contains a sub-directory then git-grep(1) output contains a > colon character instead of a path separator: > > $ git grep malloc v2.9.3:t > v2.9.3:t:test-lib.sh: setup_malloc_check () { > $ git show v2.9.3:t:test-lib.sh > fatal: Path 't:test-lib.sh' does not exist in 'v2.9.3' > > This patch attempts to use the correct delimiter: > > $ git grep malloc v2.9.3:t > v2.9.3:t/test-lib.sh: setup_malloc_check () { > $ git show v2.9.3:t/test-lib.sh > (success) > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/grep.c | 4 +++- > t/t7810-grep.sh | 5 +++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c > index 90a4f3d..7a7aab9 100644 > --- a/builtin/grep.c > +++ b/builtin/grep.c > @@ -494,7 +494,9 @@ static int grep_object(struct grep_opt *opt, const struct pathspec *pathspec, > > /* Add a delimiter if there isn't one already */ > if (name[len - 1] != '/' && name[len - 1] != ':') { > - strbuf_addch(&base, ':'); > + /* rev: or rev:path/ */ > + char delim = obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT ? ':' : '/'; Why check the equality with commit, rather than un-equality with tree? Wouldn't you want to treat $commit:path and $tag:path the same way? I also think the two patches should be squashed together, as it is only after this patch that the code does the "right thing" by changing the delimiter depending on obj->type. > + strbuf_addch(&base, delim); > } > } > init_tree_desc(&tree, data, size); > diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh > index e804a3f..8a58d5e 100755 > --- a/t/t7810-grep.sh > +++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh > @@ -1445,6 +1445,11 @@ test_expect_success 'grep outputs valid <rev>:<path> for HEAD:t/' ' > test_cmp expected actual > ' > > +test_expect_success 'grep outputs valid <rev>:<path> for HEAD:t' ' > + git grep vvv HEAD:t >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > +' > + Perhaps you want an annotated tag object refs/tags/v1.0 that points at the commit at the HEAD, and then run the same grep on v1.0:t, in addition to the above test. > cat >expected <<EOF > HEAD:t/a/v:vvv > HEAD:t/v:vvv