From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 29303@debbugs.gnu.org, gus@inodes.org
Subject: bug#29303: 25.2; vc-git-grep should shell-escape FILES
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:54:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878tf5fcwc.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83375di8am.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:06:09 +0200")
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> For vc-git-grep, or for every function that uses grep-read-files?
>
> The latter, I think. If there are too many of those callers, then we
> could describe this once, say in grep-read-files, and then reference
> that, with something like
>
> Including whitespace in the pattern requires quoting, see
> `grep-read-files' for the details.
There are only 4 such (5 if you count zrgrep, which basically says
'see rgrep') and the addition is small, so I documented it in the
callers, and in grep-read-files.
Robert
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From 2b0535557316518ea75945e0e7b20576b2bbea47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:51:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Explain how to enter whitespace when using grep-read-files
* lisp/progmodes/grep.el (lgrep): Explain how to enter
whitespace when using grep-read-files.
(rgrep): Likewise.
(grep-read-files): Likewise.
* lisp/progmodes/project.el (project-find-regexp): Likewise.
* lisp/vc/vc-git.el (vc-git-grep): Likewise.
---
lisp/progmodes/grep.el | 12 +++++++++---
lisp/progmodes/project.el | 6 +++++-
lisp/vc/vc-git.el | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
index d0404fdeaf..56aef15a08 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
@@ -904,7 +904,9 @@ grep-read-regexp
(defun grep-read-files (regexp)
"Read a file-name pattern arg for interactive grep.
-The pattern can include shell wildcards."
+The pattern can include shell wildcards. As whitespace triggers
+completion when entering a pattern, including it requires
+quoting, eg `\C-q<space>'."
(let* ((bn (or (buffer-file-name)
(replace-regexp-in-string "<[0-9]+>\\'" "" (buffer-name))))
(fn (and bn
@@ -954,7 +956,9 @@ lgrep
"Run grep, searching for REGEXP in FILES in directory DIR.
The search is limited to file names matching shell pattern FILES.
FILES may use abbreviations defined in `grep-files-aliases', e.g.
-entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'.
+entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'. As whitespace triggers
+completion when entering a pattern, including it requires
+quoting, eg `\C-q<space>'.
With \\[universal-argument] prefix, you can edit the constructed shell command line
before it is executed.
@@ -1032,7 +1036,9 @@ rgrep
"Recursively grep for REGEXP in FILES in directory tree rooted at DIR.
The search is limited to file names matching shell pattern FILES.
FILES may use abbreviations defined in `grep-files-aliases', e.g.
-entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'.
+entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'. As whitespace triggers
+completion when entering a pattern, including it requires
+quoting, eg `\C-q<space>'.
With \\[universal-argument] prefix, you can edit the constructed shell command line
before it is executed.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/project.el b/lisp/progmodes/project.el
index 9dc0da4ad5..06f5aa5c94 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/project.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/project.el
@@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ project--value-in-dir
(defun project-find-regexp (regexp)
"Find all matches for REGEXP in the current project's roots.
With \\[universal-argument] prefix, you can specify the directory
-to search in, and the file name pattern to search for."
+to search in, and the file name pattern to search for. The
+pattern may use abbreviations defined in `grep-files-aliases',
+e.g. entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'. As whitespace
+triggers completion when entering a pattern, including it
+requires quoting, eg `\C-q<space>'."
(interactive (list (project--read-regexp)))
(let* ((pr (project-current t))
(dirs (if current-prefix-arg
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 43164b4fcf..eaa31c5def 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1407,7 +1407,9 @@ vc-git-grep
"Run git grep, searching for REGEXP in FILES in directory DIR.
The search is limited to file names matching shell pattern FILES.
FILES may use abbreviations defined in `grep-files-aliases', e.g.
-entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'.
+entering `ch' is equivalent to `*.[ch]'. As whitespace triggers
+completion when entering a pattern, including it requires
+quoting, eg `\C-q<space>'.
With \\[universal-argument] prefix, you can edit the constructed shell command line
before it is executed.
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2.15.0.276.g89ea799ff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-17 9:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-15 6:25 bug#29303: 25.2; vc-git-grep should shell-escape FILES Angus Lees
2017-11-15 9:58 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-15 17:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-15 18:45 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-15 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-15 20:17 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-15 20:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-15 20:36 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-16 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 15:43 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-17 7:13 ` Angus Lees
2017-11-17 8:38 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-17 9:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 9:54 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2017-11-17 10:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 10:33 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-17 13:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 14:21 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-28 13:37 ` Robert Pluim
2017-11-28 17:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 15:55 ` Andreas Schwab
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