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-rw-r--r--builtin-grep.c22
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index 36512d8a17..66111de514 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ static int external_grep(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
len = nr = 0;
push_arg("grep");
+ push_arg("-H");
if (opt->fixed)
push_arg("-F");
if (opt->linenum)
@@ -502,13 +503,7 @@ static int external_grep(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
push_arg("-e");
push_arg(p->pattern);
}
-
- if (NO_H_OPTION_IN_GREP)
- push_arg("/dev/null");
- else {
- push_arg("-H");
- push_arg("--");
- }
+ push_arg("--");
hit = 0;
argc = nr;
@@ -540,19 +535,8 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
* Use the external "grep" command for the case where
* we grep through the checked-out files. It tends to
* be a lot more optimized
- *
- * Some grep implementations do not understand -H nor --
- * but /dev/null can be used as a substitution in most
- * cases.
- *
- * However -L and -c would slightly misbehave (-L would
- * list /dev/null as a hit, and -c would report 0 hits
- * from /dev/null); so do not use the external one on
- * such platforms.
*/
- if (!cached &&
- (!NO_H_OPTION_IN_GREP ||
- (!opt->count && !opt->unmatch_name_only))) {
+ if (!cached) {
hit = external_grep(opt, paths, cached);
if (hit >= 0)
return hit;