[cC:ing Brandon via his current email address, as per .mailmap] On Wed, 10 Jul 2019, Matheus Tavares Bernardino wrote: > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:22 AM Daniel Zaoui <jackdanielz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > Hi, Daniel > > > I work with submodules and use git grep a lot. > > > > I noted that when it is invoked used with --recurse-submodules, the result is not as expected for the submodules. I get submodules results as if no files were modified (like --cached option) although I would expect results taking into account the modifications. > > > > Expected behavior: > > git grep --recurse-submodules string: > > - git grep string // search into main repo > > - for each submodule, git grep string // search into submodule > > > > Actual behavior: > > git grep --recurse-submodules string: > > - git grep string // search into main repo > > - for each submodule, git grep --cached string // search into submodule > > > > Do you get the same behavior? Am I doing something wrong? Was I understandable :-)? Is it a bug? > > It seems git-grep was taking into account the worktree modifications > in submodules before f9ee2fc ("grep: recurse in-process using 'struct > repository'", 02-08-2017). I'm not sure, thought, if this behavior > change was a bug during the conversion or a project decision. > > CC-ing Brandon, in case he has other inputs > > > git --version: git version 2.22.0 > > uname -a: Linux daniel 5.1.15-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 25 04:49:39 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > Thanks > > Daniel > > Best, > Matheus >