Git .bash_profile - function with git grep doesn't work correctly

Asked May 28 '21 at 08:14

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I have the following (reduced) function in my bash_profile

function gg()
{
    search=$1
    
    search=\"$search\"
    echo "git grep -i $search"
    git grep -i $search
}

I've added the "-quotes to the search variable, becuase the search literal can contains several words and the variable hasn't quotes anymore. The echo is correct (e.g. test "who is there" ---> git grep -i "who is there"), but I get no result...

Do you have any idea?

asked May 28 '21 at 08:14

Jochen

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You are adding _literal_ quotes, not quoting the string. The proper way to do that is `git grep -i "$1"` – tripleee May 28 '21 at 08:20
Perfect! Thanks! – Jochen May 28 '21 at 14:33

Git .bash_profile - function with git grep doesn't work correctly

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