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From: El_Hoy <eloyesp@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Making git grep ignore binary the default
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:27 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPapNH0C3+bU-RUO6oFHUKLjKuNdm-aXgsFTHFobYVrJXWzr=g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I've found that there is a flag (`git grep -I`) to ignore binary
files, it works great, but I've found no way to make it the default.

It would be great to have a config for this. This way a possible
implementation implies:

- Adding a config `grep.ignoreBinary` that defaults to false, keeping
the current default.

- Adding a flag `git grep --include-binary` to revert the default. But
maybe the `-a, --text` flag already does that.

Also, maybe the next git version (3.0) can default to ignore-binary as
a better default.

Finally, if this makes sense, I can do my best to implement the change
in the code.

Regards.
- Eloy


             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-17 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-17 15:00 El_Hoy [this message]
2025-10-17 21:29 ` Making git grep ignore binary the default Junio C Hamano
2025-10-17 23:29   ` Thomas Braun
2025-10-18  0:52     ` brian m. carlson
2025-10-18 14:16       ` rsbecker
2025-10-20 15:24       ` Thomas Braun
2025-10-20 17:20         ` El_Hoy
2025-10-21  7:27           ` Jeff King
2025-10-18 10:22   ` Jeff King
2025-10-18 16:01     ` Junio C Hamano

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