From: Dimitri Joukoff <dimitri.joukoff@griffithuni.edu.au>
To: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: protect .git folder/files from grep/sed commands
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:37:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SYXPR01MB09574FEB4E6D6476B4F1D155DD450@SYXPR01MB0957.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
When performing global changes in a project/tree using a command like:
grep -r "search" | xargs -I {} sed -i '' s/search/replace/g
there exists the possibility that this command will alter data in .git
folder. Using GNU grep, it is possible to use --exclude '/.*"' to avoid
the .git folder, but this flag is not available on BSD grep (i.e. MacOS).
Maybe git and the .git folder within a repository should be configured
to use a separate user account, and then the .git folder would have its
permissions set to 600?
next reply other threads:[~2019-03-16 1:38 UTC|newest]
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2019-03-16 1:37 Dimitri Joukoff [this message]
2019-03-16 1:51 ` protect .git folder/files from grep/sed commands SZEDER Gábor
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