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piotrSikora on Dec 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

You guys should really look into http://betterthangrep.com/ :)

jpitz on Dec 14, 2011 | [–]

As amazing as ack is, it would take some effort to teach it how to grep through git history.

obtu on Dec 14, 2011 | | [–]

Way slower, because it includes vendored files I don't care about.

pokeylope on Dec 14, 2011 | [–]

Agreed, ack is a really nice tool.

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