GNU bug report logs - #37212
Incorrect --exclude description with 'grep --help'

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Reported by: Duncan Moore <duncan.moore <at> gmx.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Duncan Moore <duncan.moore <at> gmx.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Incorrect --exclude description with 'grep --help'
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:25:54 +0100

'grep --help' incorrectly states that the --exclude option operates on
directories. Here's the suggested change to the help text:

-      --exclude=GLOB        skip files and directories matching GLOB
+      --exclude=GLOB        skip files matching GLOB

It might also be worthwhile changing 'that match' to 'matching' in these
2 options to give consistent phrasing across the 4 include/exclude
options, to make it a bit easier for the user to compare them:

-      --include=GLOB        search only files that match GLOB (a file
pattern)
+      --include=GLOB        search only files matching GLOB (a file
pattern)

-      --exclude-dir=GLOB    skip directories that match GLOB
+      --exclude-dir=GLOB    skip directories matching GLOB
Reply sent to Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:58:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Duncan Moore <duncan.moore <at> gmx.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:58:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Duncan Moore <duncan.moore <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 37212-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37212: Incorrect --exclude description with 'grep --help'
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 01:57:15 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for the bug report. I installed the attached (slightly different) patch
to fix the bug and inconsistency.

[0001-doc-fix-exclude-description-in-man-page.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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