When the index is unmerged, e.g. $ git ls-files -u 100644 faf413748eb6ccb15161a212156c5e348302b1b6 1 setup.c 100644 145eca50f41d811c4c8fcb21ed2604e6b2971aba 2 setup.c 100644 cb9558c49b6027bf225ba2a6154c4d2a52bcdbe2 3 setup.c running "git grep" for work tree files repeats hits for each unmerged stage. $ git grep -n -e setup_work_tree -- '*.[ch]' setup.c:209:void setup_work_tree(void) setup.c:209:void setup_work_tree(void) setup.c:209:void setup_work_tree(void) This should fix it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin-grep.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c index bbf747f..f1ff8dc 100644 --- a/builtin-grep.c +++ b/builtin-grep.c @@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ static int external_grep(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached) memcpy(name + 2, ce->name, len + 1); } argv[argc++] = name; - if (argc < MAXARGS) - continue; - status = flush_grep(opt, argc, nr, argv, &kept); - if (0 < status) - hit = 1; - argc = nr + kept; + if (MAXARGS <= argc) { + status = flush_grep(opt, argc, nr, argv, &kept); + if (0 < status) + hit = 1; + argc = nr + kept; + } if (ce_stage(ce)) { do { i++; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html