GNU bug report logs - #22144
--exclude no longer works against arguments with a directory name

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 22144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: 22144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22144: --exclude no longer works against arguments with a
 directory name
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:12:17 -0800

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> So, for instance, "foo" and "./foo" are regarded as different?

Yes. Grep does not need to worry about inodes or realpath or anything like that, 
so it doesn't.
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