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gg - wrapping git-grep

11^th of August 2009

I've grown quite addicted to this and finding that it's saving me tonnes of milliseconds every day. First of all, I've made this little script and put it in my bin directory called '~/bin/gg':

 #!/usr/bin/python
 import sys, os
 args = sys.argv[1:]
 i = False
 if '-i' in args:
     i = True
     args.remove('-i')
 pattern = args[-1]
 extra_args = ''
 if len(args) > 1:
     extra_args = ' '.join(args[:-1])
 if i:
     param = "-in"
 else:
     param = "-n"
 cmd = "git grep %s %s '%s'" % (param, extra_args, pattern)
 os.system(cmd)

Basically, it's just a lazy short hand for git grep ("Look for specified patterns in the working tree files"). Now I can do this:

 peterbe@trillian:~/MoneyVillage2 $ gg getDIYPackURL
 Homesite.py:526:    def getDIYPackURL(self):
 zpt/homepage/index_html.zpt:78:       tal:attributes="href here/getDIYPackURL">Get your free trial here</
 zpt/moneyconcerns/index_html.zpt:36:       tal:attributes="href here/getDIYPackURL">Get your free trial h
 zpt/moneyconcerns/index_html.zpt:50:          <p><a tal:attributes="href here/getDIYPackURL" class="makea
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It's not much faster than normal grep but it automatically filters out junk. Obviously doesn't help you when searching in files you haven't added yet.

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