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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>,
	Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] grep: error out if --untracked is used with --cached
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:38:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtuql0yfp.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BFouwiACwwS5mDdgBRF=YK--=NfqZ9r=qkFouEvyJfnGQ@mail.gmail.com> (Elijah Newren's message of "Tue, 9 Feb 2021 02:06:46 -0800")

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> ...  Even then, I'd be tempted to say that
> --untracked is only used in combination with a search of the working
> tree.

I tend to agree.  Something like

  $ git grep -ne POISON maint master next seen -- t/test-lib.sh

would be a useful thing, but I do not see how --untracked would
usefully interact with any of these "tracked" contents, be the
search from the index or tree.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-09 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-08 19:43 [PATCH] grep: error out if --untracked is used with --cached Matheus Tavares
2021-02-08 21:48 ` Taylor Blau
2021-02-08 23:21   ` Matheus Tavares
2021-02-09 10:06     ` Elijah Newren
2021-02-09 20:38       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-02-10  2:43         ` Taylor Blau
2021-02-09 10:07 ` Elijah Newren

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