Re: [PATCH] git-grep: Add ability to limit directory recursion

Aidan Van Dyk wrote:

* Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] [080506 20:34]:

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Aidan Van Dyk [off-list ref] writes:

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This add a -R <limit> option to git-grep which will limit the depth of the
directories recursed when git is doing a grep.

This allows you to do something like:
        git grep -R 1 <pattern>
and see only the results of the grep on files in the current directory.

It defaults to a limit of "0" which disables the limiting.

Nice idea, although I'm not sure if we shouldn't borrow "-maxdepth"
option from GNU find and friends...

Good idea - I hadn't thought of that, but I like it better.

Note that GNU find uses non-standard single-dash long options, and
that "-maxdepth 0" means do not recurse, but use only files provided
as arguments.

GNU wget on the other hand uses -l DEPTH/--level=DEPTH, and uses -l 0
(or -l inf) as in your patch, i.e. infinite recursion.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland