Thanks for all the comments. What it sounds like is that using ls-files as
a means to power a recursive git-grep may not be like the best approach (I
assumed that would be the case but thought it a decent place to start).
I agree that not all operating modes would be useful for a recursive
ls-files, which is why I initially don't have support for them. I guess
the question would be which modes would be worth supporting in a recursive
case?