Re: Git grep command not interpreting flags correctly when an argument

[Sam Houston <sehouston3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very helpful Matthew, I've changed my implementation to use a zsh array.

Thanks to you both, I've solved my problem :)

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 7:32 PM Matthew Martin <phy1729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 07:09:22PM +0100, Sam Houston wrote:
> > In a `bash` shell, in some empty directory, I can run the commands:
> >
> > ```bash
> > git init
> > echo "pattern" > file.txt
> > FLAGS="--untracked --color"
> > git grep $FLAGS pattern
> > ```
> >
> > And see the output:
> >
> > ```
> > file.txt:pattern
> > ```
> >
> > But in a `zsh` shell, when I run the same commands, I get the following
> > error:
> >
> > ```
> > error: unknown option `untracked --color'
> > ```
>
> The better way (both in zsh and in bash) would be to use an array.
>
> flags=(--untracked --color)
> git grep "${flags[@]}" pattern
> # git grep $flags pattern   would also work, but just in zsh
>
> Relying on word splitting means that arguments that contain spaces or
> other IFS characters are mangled into two or more arguments.
>