Re: M-x grep gets /dev/null automatically appended to the command

[Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>]

"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
>> "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I have customized my grep-command variable this way:
>>>
>>> (setq grep-command "git --no-pager grep -n -e ")
>>>
>>> because I'm working in a git repo.
>>>
>>> But when I start the grep command (M-x grep), emacs appends
>>> '/dev/null' to the git command:
>>>
>>> git --no-pager grep -n -e seq /dev/null
>>>
>>> Can anybody tell my what I'm doing wrong ?
>>
>> Check grep-use-null-device.
>>
>
> Indeed I force it to nil and it magically works. Thanks !
>
> Other topic: it looks like you're using gnus and newsgroup to post/reply on this
> list. Is it possible to CC me when you're replying ?

I normally do that with mailing lists and not with newsgroups.  It's
possible either way, of course, but with newsgroups I do it rarely
enough that I just write the recipient in by hand.