On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:22 AM Daniel Zaoui [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi guys,

Hi, Daniel

I work with submodules and use git grep a lot.

I noted that when it is invoked used with --recurse-submodules, the result is not as expected for the submodules. I get submodules results as if no files were modified (like --cached option) although I would expect results taking into account the modifications.

Expected behavior:
git grep --recurse-submodules string:
- git grep string // search into main repo
- for each submodule, git grep string // search into submodule

Actual behavior:
git grep --recurse-submodules string:
- git grep string // search into main repo
- for each submodule, git grep --cached string // search into submodule

Do you get the same behavior? Am I doing something wrong? Was I understandable :-)? Is it a bug?

It seems git-grep was taking into account the worktree modifications
in submodules before f9ee2fc ("grep: recurse in-process using 'struct
repository'", 02-08-2017). I'm not sure, thought, if this behavior
change was a bug during the conversion or a project decision.

CC-ing Brandon, in case he has other inputs

git --version: git version 2.22.0
uname -a: Linux daniel 5.1.15-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 25 04:49:39 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks
Daniel

Best,
Matheus