Re: git grep prints colon instead of slash

[Jeff King]

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

git grep prints colon instead of slash

[Marc Gonzalez]

Hello,

I'm using an older version of git, so this particular issue might have
already been fixed.

$ git --version
git version 2.17.1


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.

Regards.