GNU bug report logs - #15393
feature request: command line option to exclude vcs directories when recursive searching

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Dmitry Bolshakov <bdimych <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 15393-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 15393-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: feature request: command line option to exclude vcs directories
 when recursive searching
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 10:56:32 -0800

That option is already there, e.g.:

grep -r --exclude-dir=.git PATTERN

should work starting with grep 2.12.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 80 days ago.

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