On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:54:34PM +0100, Marc Gonzalez wrote: > If I specify the branch to explore, git grep prints a colon instead of > a slash in the path: > > $ git grep arm,coresight-tmc master:Documentation/devicetree > master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt: > "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell"; > master:Documentation/devicetree:bindings/arm/coresight.txt: > compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell"; > ^ > HERE > > There is no such issue when the branch is not specified: > > $ git grep arm,coresight-tmc Documentation/devicetree > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt: > "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell"; > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt: compatible = > "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell"; > ^ > NO ISSUE > > > Is this expected behavior? > The spurious colon prevents one from simply copy/pasting the output.
There's lots of discussion in this thread from last year: https://public-inbox.org/git/20170119150347.3484-1-stefa...@redhat.com/ Notably: git grep arm,coresight-tmc master -- Documentation/devicetree will do what you want. -Peff
