Junio C Hamano wrote 2018-10-05 1:19 (-0700): > Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> writes: > > > git-grep is always file/tree recursive, but there is --recurse-submodules > > which is off by default. Instead of providing a short alias to a noop, > > we could use -r for submodules. (And if you happen to have no > > submodules, this is a noop for you) > > I am not sure if it is an overall win for those who do have and use > submodules to easily be able to go recursive with a short-and-sweet > 'r', or even they want to work inside one project at a time most of > the time. If the latter, then using 'r' for recurse-submodules is > going to be a mistake (besides, other commands that have 'recursive' > typically use 'r' for its shorthand,and 'r' does not stand for > 'recurse-submodules' for them).
Personally I would welcome a shorthand for --recurse-submodules, especially if --r^I no longer completes to this. It is also closer to the behaviour provided by grep -r as that recurses into submodules as well. Regards, -- Mischa
