Re: [PATCH] grep: error out if --untracked is used with --cached

The options --untracked and --cached are not compatible, but if they are
used together, grep just silently ignores --cached and searches the
working tree. Error out, instead, to avoid any potential confusion.

Signed-off-by: Matheus Tavares <redacted>
---
 builtin/grep.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index ca259af441..392acf8cab 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c

@@ -1157,6 +1157,9 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (!use_index && (untracked || cached))
                die(_("--cached or --untracked cannot be used with --no-index"));

+       if (untracked && cached)
+               die(_("--untracked cannot be used with --cached"));
+
        if (!use_index || untracked) {
                int use_exclude = (opt_exclude < 0) ? use_index : !!opt_exclude;
                hit = grep_directory(&opt, &pathspec, use_exclude, use_index);
--

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