GNU bug report logs - #42501
feature request: exclude-vcs option

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From: Steve Ward <planet36 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: feature request: exclude-vcs option
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:31:42 -0400

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It would be nice to have an option to exclude version control system (VCS)
directories in a recursive grep.

This can be done effectively with these options
    --exclude-dir=.bzr --exclude-dir=CVS --exclude-dir=.git
--exclude-dir=.hg --exclude-dir=.svn

But having a single, simple option would be preferred.

tar already has this
    --exclude-vcs
        Exclude version control system directories.

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