Hi Taylor On 05/05/18 03:43, Taylor Blau wrote: > > Teach 'git-grep(1)' a new option, '--column', to show the column > number of the first match on a non-context line. > > For example: > > $ git grep -n --column foo | head -n3 > .clang-format:51:14:# myFunction(foo, bar, baz); > .clang-format:64:7:# int foo(); > .clang-format:75:8:# void foo() > > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-grep.txt | 5 ++++- > builtin/grep.c | 1 + > t/t7810-grep.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt > index 18b494731f..5409a24399 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name] > [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp] > [-P | --perl-regexp] > - [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n | --line-number] > + [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n | --line-number] [--column] > [-l | --files-with-matches] [-L | --files-without-match] > [(-O | --open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]] > [-z | --null] > @@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die. > --line-number:: > Prefix the line number to matching lines. > > +--column:: > + Prefix the 1-indexed column number of the first match on non-context lines. > + I think it would be useful to explain what the column number actually is so that users know how to consume it. Is it a count of bytes, multi-byte characters or graphemes? It would probably be worth testing with a file that contains multi-byte characters to check for future regressions. Best Wishes Phillip > -l:: > --files-with-matches:: > --name-only:: > diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c > index 5f32d2ce84..5c83f17759 100644 > --- a/builtin/grep.c > +++ b/builtin/grep.c > @@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_PCRE), > OPT_GROUP(""), > OPT_BOOL('n', "line-number", &opt.linenum, N_("show line numbers")), > + OPT_BOOL(0, "column", &opt.columnnum, N_("show column number of first match")), > OPT_NEGBIT('h', NULL, &opt.pathname, N_("don't show filenames"), 1), > OPT_BIT('H', NULL, &opt.pathname, N_("show filenames"), 1), > OPT_NEGBIT(0, "full-name", &opt.relative, > diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh > index 1797f632a3..a03c3416e7 100755 > --- a/t/t7810-grep.sh > +++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh > @@ -99,6 +99,28 @@ do > test_cmp expected actual > ' > > + test_expect_success "grep -w $L (with --column)" ' > + { > + echo ${HC}file:5:foo mmap bar > + echo ${HC}file:14:foo_mmap bar mmap > + echo ${HC}file:5:foo mmap bar_mmap > + echo ${HC}file:14:foo_mmap bar mmap baz > + } >expected && > + git grep --column -w -e mmap $H >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > + ' > + > + test_expect_success "grep -w $L (with --{line,column}-number)" ' > + { > + echo ${HC}file:1:5:foo mmap bar > + echo ${HC}file:3:14:foo_mmap bar mmap > + echo ${HC}file:4:5:foo mmap bar_mmap > + echo ${HC}file:5:14:foo_mmap bar mmap baz > + } >expected && > + git grep -n --column -w -e mmap $H >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > + ' > + > test_expect_success "grep -w $L" ' > { > echo ${HC}file:1:foo mmap bar >