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Well, no, not really. It is more of the equivalent of showing how to read (or where to find) maps instead of pointing out something on one. If the searcher is i
by hagbard_c 5y ago
Well, no, not really. It is more of the equivalent of showing how to read (or where to find) maps instead of pointing out something on one. If the searcher is in a hurry the latter is more helpful, otherwise the former is preferable.
- oblio 5y agoYeah, but you shouldn't need git grep to find out what something is. I understand using to find out why it's there, but not what it is.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoPersonally I find it faster than using an IDE much of the time. It’s super fast and very powerful.
- sanderjd 5y agoYeah the problem is that grep understands lines of text but not the structure of code. But code should be understandable by a computer program (by definition it has to be at some point) so you should be able to use a tool that understands the structure of the code it's reading rather than just seeing a bunch of lines of text.