GNU bug report logs - #37907
--no-ignore-case option

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Message #21 received at 37907-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: arnold <at> skeeve.com
Cc: 37907-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, karl <at> freefriends.org
Subject: Re: bug#37907: --no-ignore-case option
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 15:38:12 -0800

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On 10/24/19 1:40 PM, arnold <at> skeeve.com wrote:

> I chose '-g' since that letter was unused. It has no mnemonic value.

Thanks for implementing that. Other grep-like programs tend to use -I 
for this option, since it negates -i. Obviously we can't do that right 
now since -I means --binary-files=without-match to GNU grep. So I 
installed the attached, which takes the more-conservative approach of 
implementing just --no-ignore-case without any single-letter option. 
Perhaps in the future we could deprecate -I and then eventually 
repurpose it? But in the meantime this particular feature request is 
done, so I'm taking the liberty of closing the bug report.

[0001-grep-new-no-ignore-case-option.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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