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--exclude-dir matches search dir

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21026: closed (--exclude-dir matches search dir)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:36:03 +0000

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and subject line Re: bug#21027: --exclude-dir matches search dir
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From: Aron Griffis <aron <at> arongriffis.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: --exclude-dir matches search dir
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 22:47:37 -0400

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This generates output:

$ grep -rl --exclude-dir=usr LINUX /usr/include

and this doesn't:

$ grep -rl --exclude-dir='usr*' LINUX /usr/include

This feels like a bug. My actual use-case is more like the following, but
the above seems like a more universal test case.

$ grep -rl --exclude-dir='.*' /home/aron/.virtualenvs/pp/src PATT

This surprised me by not generating any results. I had expected the
exclusion to only affect dirs within the given path, not match on the path
itself, but it seems to be aborting because '.*' matches '.virtualenvs'.
Is this a bug or just a bad assumption on my part?

$ grep --version
/usr/bin/grep (GNU grep) 2.21

Thanks,
Aron

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Aron Griffis <aron <at> arongriffis.com>, 21027-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21027: --exclude-dir matches search dir
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:35:19 -0700

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Aron Griffis wrote:
> This generates output:
>
> $ grep -rl --exclude-dir=usr LINUX /usr/include
>
> and this doesn't:
>
> $ grep -rl --exclude-dir='usr*' LINUX /usr/include
>
> This feels like a bug.

Thanks for reporting that.  I installed the attached patch.

[0001-grep-fix-bug-with-exclude-dir-and-command-line.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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