git-grep: clarification on parameters.

We forgot to make sure that there is no more than one pattern
parameter.  Also when looking for files in a directory called
'--others', it passed that path limiter without preceding the
end-of-options marker '--' to underlying git-ls-files, which
misunderstood it as one of its options instead.

	$ git grep --others -e Meta/Make Meta
	$ git grep -o -e Meta/Make Meta
	$ git grep -o Meta/Make Meta

look for a string "Meta/Make" from untracked files in Meta/
directory.

	$ git grep Meta/Make --others

looks for the same string from tracked files in ./--others
directory.

On the other hand,

	$ git grep -e Meta/Make --others

does not have a freestanding pattern, so everybody is parameter
and there is no path specifier.  It looks for the string in all
the untracked files without any path limiter.

[jc: updated with usability enhancements and documentation
cleanups from Sean.]

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 2bfd8edbc8e8e95a83b4ceca8b05faee3edcd9ad..bf4b592f48d60836a624bb399c65ffd4b1b55ee6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-grep - print lines matching a pattern
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-grep' [<option>...] <pattern> [<path>...]
+'git-grep' [<option>...] [-e] <pattern> [--] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -18,13 +18,24 @@ containing a match to the given pattern.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+`--`::
+       Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
+       are <path> limiters.
+
 <option>...::
        Either an option to pass to `grep` or `git-ls-files`.
-       Some `grep` options, such as `-C` and `-m`, that take
-       parameters are known to `git-grep`.
+
+       The following are the specific `git-ls-files` options
+       that may be given: `-o`, `--cached`, `--deleted`, `--others`,
+       `--killed`, `--ignored`, `--modified`, `--exclude=*`,
+       `--exclude-from=*`, and `--exclude-per-directory=*`.
+
+       All other options will be passed to `grep`.
 
 <pattern>::
-       The pattern to look for.
+       The pattern to look for.  The first non option is taken
+       as the pattern; if your pattern begins with a dash, use
+       `-e <pattern>`.
 
 <path>...::
        Optional paths to limit the set of files to be searched;

diff --git a/git-grep.sh b/git-grep.sh
index 2ed8e955d6c44da7bd15342aac64de997f0f4bf4..ad4f2fe81046505c43684e8c26f0eeaac6cc6146 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-grep.sh
+++ b/git-grep.sh
@@ -3,22 +3,32 @@
 # Copyright (c) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 #
 
-USAGE='<option>... <pattern> <path>...'
+USAGE='[<option>...] [-e] <pattern> [<path>...]'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK='Yes'
 . git-sh-setup
 
+got_pattern () {
+       if [ -z "$no_more_patterns" ]
+       then
+               pattern="$1" no_more_patterns=yes
+       else
+               die "git-grep: do not specify more than one pattern"
+       fi
+}
+
+no_more_patterns=
 pattern=
 flags=()
 git_flags=()
 while : ; do
        case "$1" in
-       --cached|--deleted|--others|--killed|\
-       --ignored|--exclude=*|\
+       -o|--cached|--deleted|--others|--killed|\
+       --ignored|--modified|--exclude=*|\
        --exclude-from=*|\--exclude-per-directory=*)
                git_flags=("${git_flags[@]}" "$1")
                ;;
        -e)
-               pattern="$2"
+               got_pattern "$2"
                shift
                ;;
        -A|-B|-C|-D|-d|-f|-m)
@@ -26,7 +36,7 @@ while : ; do
                shift
                ;;
        --)
-               # The rest are git-ls-files paths (or flags)
+               # The rest are git-ls-files paths
                shift
                break
                ;;
@@ -34,10 +44,12 @@ while : ; do
                flags=("${flags[@]}" "$1")
                ;;
        *)
-               if [ -z "$pattern" ]; then
-                       pattern="$1"
+               if [ -z "$no_more_patterns" ]
+               then
+                       got_pattern "$1"
                        shift
                fi
+               [ "$1" = -- ] && shift
                break
                ;;
        esac
@@ -46,5 +58,5 @@ done
 [ "$pattern" ] || {
        usage
 }
-git-ls-files -z "${git_flags[@]}" "$@" |
-       xargs -0 grep "${flags[@]}" -e "$pattern"
+git-ls-files -z "${git_flags[@]}" -- "$@" |
+       xargs -0 grep "${flags[@]}" -e "$pattern" --