[debbugs-tracker] bug#28105: closed (Inconsistent exit code with --files-without-match)

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> Inconsistent exit code with --files-without-match
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> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:01:13 -0700
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> Given the exit code of `grep` vs. `grep -v`, I expect similar results
> when comparing `grep -l` and `grep -L` (`--files-with-matches` /
> `--files-without-match`)
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> For at least `grep` / `grep -v` / `grep -l` when the "search" is
> successful, it exits `0` and when the search is unsuccessful it exits
> `1`.  `grep -L` (`--files-without-match`) does not follow this pattern
> which I believe to be an oversight / bug.
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> Consider the following:
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> $ echo hello > f
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> # Search is for "hello", it matches so exit code is 0
> $ grep hello -- f; echo $?
> hello
> 0
> # Search is for "hi", it fails to match so the exit code is 1
> $ grep hi -- f; echo $?
> 1
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> # Search is for not "hi", it matches so exit code is 0
> $ grep -v hi -- f; echo $?
> hello
> 0
> # Search is for not "hello", it fails to match so the exit code is 1
> $ grep -v hello -- f; echo $?
> 1
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> # Search is for filenames containing hello, it matches so exit code is 0
> $ grep -l hello -- f; echo $?
> f
> 0
> # Search is for filenames containing hi, it fails to match so exit code is 1
> $ grep -l hi -- f; echo $?
> 1
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> # Search is for filenames not containing hi, this search is successful
> **but it exits 1**
> $ grep -L hi -- f; echo $?
> f
> 1
> # Search is for filenames not containing hello, this search fails
> **but it exits 0**
> $ grep -L hello -- f; echo $?
> 0
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> Anthony
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#28105: Inconsistent exit code with --files-without-match Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:21:59 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.2.1 Thanks for the pointer. It looks to me like git-grep's behavior is better than grep's, so I installed the attached.

0001-grep-L-exits-with-status-0-if-a-file-is-selected.patch
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