René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes: > Am 10.05.2018 um 02:04 schrieb Junio C Hamano: > ... >> $ git grep -v second >> $ git grep --not -e second >> >> may hit all lines in this message (except for the obvious two >> lines), but we cannot say which column we found a hit. I am >> wondering if it is too grave a sin to report "the whole line is what >> satisfied the criteria given" and say the match lies at column #1. And if we are planning to use this to implement '-o', then I'd suggest that we'd say the matched part of the line is the whole thing (i.e. so is column #1, eo is at the eol). >> By doing so, obviously we can sidestep the whole "this mode is >> sometimes incompatible" and "I need to compute a lot to see if the >> given expression is compatible or not" issues. > > FWIW, Silver Searcher 2.1.0 does just that: > > $ echo a | ag --column -v b > 1:a > > ripgrep 0.8.1 as well: > > $ echo a | rg --column -v b > 1:1:a Thanks for additional datapoints.
