Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > git-grep is always file/tree recursive, but there is --recurse-submodules > which is off by default. Instead of providing a short alias to a noop, > we could use -r for submodules. (And if you happen to have no > submodules, this is a noop for you) I am not sure if it is an overall win for those who do have and use submodules to easily be able to go recursive with a short-and-sweet 'r', or even they want to work inside one project at a time most of the time. If the latter, then using 'r' for recurse-submodules is going to be a mistake (besides, other commands that have 'recursive' typically use 'r' for its shorthand,and 'r' does not stand for 'recurse-submodules' for them).
