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   1/*
   2 * Builtin "git grep"
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
   5 */
   6#include "cache.h"
   7#include "blob.h"
   8#include "tree.h"
   9#include "commit.h"
  10#include "tag.h"
  11#include "tree-walk.h"
  12#include "builtin.h"
  13#include <regex.h>
  14#include <fnmatch.h>
  15
  16/*
  17 * git grep pathspecs are somewhat different from diff-tree pathspecs;
  18 * pathname wildcards are allowed.
  19 */
  20static int pathspec_matches(const char **paths, const char *name)
  21{
  22        int namelen, i;
  23        if (!paths || !*paths)
  24                return 1;
  25        namelen = strlen(name);
  26        for (i = 0; paths[i]; i++) {
  27                const char *match = paths[i];
  28                int matchlen = strlen(match);
  29                const char *cp, *meta;
  30
  31                if ((matchlen <= namelen) &&
  32                    !strncmp(name, match, matchlen) &&
  33                    (match[matchlen-1] == '/' ||
  34                     name[matchlen] == '\0' || name[matchlen] == '/'))
  35                        return 1;
  36                if (!fnmatch(match, name, 0))
  37                        return 1;
  38                if (name[namelen-1] != '/')
  39                        continue;
  40
  41                /* We are being asked if the directory ("name") is worth
  42                 * descending into.
  43                 *
  44                 * Find the longest leading directory name that does
  45                 * not have metacharacter in the pathspec; the name
  46                 * we are looking at must overlap with that directory.
  47                 */
  48                for (cp = match, meta = NULL; cp - match < matchlen; cp++) {
  49                        char ch = *cp;
  50                        if (ch == '*' || ch == '[' || ch == '?') {
  51                                meta = cp;
  52                                break;
  53                        }
  54                }
  55                if (!meta)
  56                        meta = cp; /* fully literal */
  57
  58                if (namelen <= meta - match) {
  59                        /* Looking at "Documentation/" and
  60                         * the pattern says "Documentation/howto/", or
  61                         * "Documentation/diff*.txt".  The name we
  62                         * have should match prefix.
  63                         */
  64                        if (!memcmp(match, name, namelen))
  65                                return 1;
  66                        continue;
  67                }
  68
  69                if (meta - match < namelen) {
  70                        /* Looking at "Documentation/howto/" and
  71                         * the pattern says "Documentation/h*";
  72                         * match up to "Do.../h"; this avoids descending
  73                         * into "Documentation/technical/".
  74                         */
  75                        if (!memcmp(match, name, meta - match))
  76                                return 1;
  77                        continue;
  78                }
  79        }
  80        return 0;
  81}
  82
  83struct grep_pat {
  84        struct grep_pat *next;
  85        const char *origin;
  86        int no;
  87        const char *pattern;
  88        regex_t regexp;
  89};
  90
  91struct grep_opt {
  92        struct grep_pat *pattern_list;
  93        struct grep_pat **pattern_tail;
  94        regex_t regexp;
  95        unsigned linenum:1;
  96        unsigned invert:1;
  97        unsigned name_only:1;
  98        unsigned unmatch_name_only:1;
  99        unsigned count:1;
 100        unsigned word_regexp:1;
 101        unsigned fixed:1;
 102#define GREP_BINARY_DEFAULT     0
 103#define GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH     1
 104#define GREP_BINARY_TEXT        2
 105        unsigned binary:2;
 106        int regflags;
 107        unsigned pre_context;
 108        unsigned post_context;
 109};
 110
 111static void add_pattern(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *pat,
 112                        const char *origin, int no)
 113{
 114        struct grep_pat *p = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*p));
 115        p->pattern = pat;
 116        p->origin = origin;
 117        p->no = no;
 118        *opt->pattern_tail = p;
 119        opt->pattern_tail = &p->next;
 120        p->next = NULL;
 121}
 122
 123static void compile_patterns(struct grep_opt *opt)
 124{
 125        struct grep_pat *p;
 126        for (p = opt->pattern_list; p; p = p->next) {
 127                int err = regcomp(&p->regexp, p->pattern, opt->regflags);
 128                if (err) {
 129                        char errbuf[1024];
 130                        char where[1024];
 131                        if (p->no)
 132                                sprintf(where, "In '%s' at %d, ",
 133                                        p->origin, p->no);
 134                        else if (p->origin)
 135                                sprintf(where, "%s, ", p->origin);
 136                        else
 137                                where[0] = 0;
 138                        regerror(err, &p->regexp, errbuf, 1024);
 139                        regfree(&p->regexp);
 140                        die("%s'%s': %s", where, p->pattern, errbuf);
 141                }
 142        }
 143}
 144
 145static char *end_of_line(char *cp, unsigned long *left)
 146{
 147        unsigned long l = *left;
 148        while (l && *cp != '\n') {
 149                l--;
 150                cp++;
 151        }
 152        *left = l;
 153        return cp;
 154}
 155
 156static int word_char(char ch)
 157{
 158        return isalnum(ch) || ch == '_';
 159}
 160
 161static void show_line(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *bol, const char *eol,
 162                      const char *name, unsigned lno, char sign)
 163{
 164        printf("%s%c", name, sign);
 165        if (opt->linenum)
 166                printf("%d%c", lno, sign);
 167        printf("%.*s\n", (int)(eol-bol), bol);
 168}
 169
 170/*
 171 * NEEDSWORK: share code with diff.c
 172 */
 173#define FIRST_FEW_BYTES 8000
 174static int buffer_is_binary(const char *ptr, unsigned long size)
 175{
 176        if (FIRST_FEW_BYTES < size)
 177                size = FIRST_FEW_BYTES;
 178        if (memchr(ptr, 0, size))
 179                return 1;
 180        return 0;
 181}
 182
 183static int fixmatch(const char *pattern, char *line, regmatch_t *match)
 184{
 185        char *hit = strstr(line, pattern);
 186        if (!hit) {
 187                match->rm_so = match->rm_eo = -1;
 188                return REG_NOMATCH;
 189        }
 190        else {
 191                match->rm_so = hit - line;
 192                match->rm_eo = match->rm_so + strlen(pattern);
 193                return 0;
 194        }
 195}
 196
 197static int grep_buffer(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *name,
 198                       char *buf, unsigned long size)
 199{
 200        char *bol = buf;
 201        unsigned long left = size;
 202        unsigned lno = 1;
 203        struct pre_context_line {
 204                char *bol;
 205                char *eol;
 206        } *prev = NULL, *pcl;
 207        unsigned last_hit = 0;
 208        unsigned last_shown = 0;
 209        int binary_match_only = 0;
 210        const char *hunk_mark = "";
 211        unsigned count = 0;
 212
 213        if (buffer_is_binary(buf, size)) {
 214                switch (opt->binary) {
 215                case GREP_BINARY_DEFAULT:
 216                        binary_match_only = 1;
 217                        break;
 218                case GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH:
 219                        return 0; /* Assume unmatch */
 220                        break;
 221                default:
 222                        break;
 223                }
 224        }
 225
 226        if (opt->pre_context)
 227                prev = xcalloc(opt->pre_context, sizeof(*prev));
 228        if (opt->pre_context || opt->post_context)
 229                hunk_mark = "--\n";
 230
 231        while (left) {
 232                regmatch_t pmatch[10];
 233                char *eol, ch;
 234                int hit = 0;
 235                struct grep_pat *p;
 236
 237                eol = end_of_line(bol, &left);
 238                ch = *eol;
 239                *eol = 0;
 240
 241                for (p = opt->pattern_list; p; p = p->next) {
 242                        if (!opt->fixed) {
 243                                regex_t *exp = &p->regexp;
 244                                hit = !regexec(exp, bol, ARRAY_SIZE(pmatch),
 245                                               pmatch, 0);
 246                        }
 247                        else {
 248                                hit = !fixmatch(p->pattern, bol, pmatch);
 249                        }
 250
 251                        if (hit && opt->word_regexp) {
 252                                /* Match beginning must be either
 253                                 * beginning of the line, or at word
 254                                 * boundary (i.e. the last char must
 255                                 * not be alnum or underscore).
 256                                 */
 257                                if ((pmatch[0].rm_so < 0) ||
 258                                    (eol - bol) <= pmatch[0].rm_so ||
 259                                    (pmatch[0].rm_eo < 0) ||
 260                                    (eol - bol) < pmatch[0].rm_eo)
 261                                        die("regexp returned nonsense");
 262                                if (pmatch[0].rm_so != 0 &&
 263                                    word_char(bol[pmatch[0].rm_so-1]))
 264                                        hit = 0;
 265                                if (pmatch[0].rm_eo != (eol-bol) &&
 266                                    word_char(bol[pmatch[0].rm_eo]))
 267                                        hit = 0;
 268                        }
 269                        if (hit)
 270                                break;
 271                }
 272                /* "grep -v -e foo -e bla" should list lines
 273                 * that do not have either, so inversion should
 274                 * be done outside.
 275                 */
 276                if (opt->invert)
 277                        hit = !hit;
 278                if (opt->unmatch_name_only) {
 279                        if (hit)
 280                                return 0;
 281                        goto next_line;
 282                }
 283                if (hit) {
 284                        count++;
 285                        if (binary_match_only) {
 286                                printf("Binary file %s matches\n", name);
 287                                return 1;
 288                        }
 289                        if (opt->name_only) {
 290                                printf("%s\n", name);
 291                                return 1;
 292                        }
 293                        /* Hit at this line.  If we haven't shown the
 294                         * pre-context lines, we would need to show them.
 295                         * When asked to do "count", this still show
 296                         * the context which is nonsense, but the user
 297                         * deserves to get that ;-).
 298                         */
 299                        if (opt->pre_context) {
 300                                unsigned from;
 301                                if (opt->pre_context < lno)
 302                                        from = lno - opt->pre_context;
 303                                else
 304                                        from = 1;
 305                                if (from <= last_shown)
 306                                        from = last_shown + 1;
 307                                if (last_shown && from != last_shown + 1)
 308                                        printf(hunk_mark);
 309                                while (from < lno) {
 310                                        pcl = &prev[lno-from-1];
 311                                        show_line(opt, pcl->bol, pcl->eol,
 312                                                  name, from, '-');
 313                                        from++;
 314                                }
 315                                last_shown = lno-1;
 316                        }
 317                        if (last_shown && lno != last_shown + 1)
 318                                printf(hunk_mark);
 319                        if (!opt->count)
 320                                show_line(opt, bol, eol, name, lno, ':');
 321                        last_shown = last_hit = lno;
 322                }
 323                else if (last_hit &&
 324                         lno <= last_hit + opt->post_context) {
 325                        /* If the last hit is within the post context,
 326                         * we need to show this line.
 327                         */
 328                        if (last_shown && lno != last_shown + 1)
 329                                printf(hunk_mark);
 330                        show_line(opt, bol, eol, name, lno, '-');
 331                        last_shown = lno;
 332                }
 333                if (opt->pre_context) {
 334                        memmove(prev+1, prev,
 335                                (opt->pre_context-1) * sizeof(*prev));
 336                        prev->bol = bol;
 337                        prev->eol = eol;
 338                }
 339
 340        next_line:
 341                *eol = ch;
 342                bol = eol + 1;
 343                if (!left)
 344                        break;
 345                left--;
 346                lno++;
 347        }
 348
 349        if (opt->unmatch_name_only) {
 350                /* We did not see any hit, so we want to show this */
 351                printf("%s\n", name);
 352                return 1;
 353        }
 354
 355        /* NEEDSWORK:
 356         * The real "grep -c foo *.c" gives many "bar.c:0" lines,
 357         * which feels mostly useless but sometimes useful.  Maybe
 358         * make it another option?  For now suppress them.
 359         */
 360        if (opt->count && count)
 361                printf("%s:%u\n", name, count);
 362        return !!last_hit;
 363}
 364
 365static int grep_sha1(struct grep_opt *opt, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *name)
 366{
 367        unsigned long size;
 368        char *data;
 369        char type[20];
 370        int hit;
 371        data = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &size);
 372        if (!data) {
 373                error("'%s': unable to read %s", name, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 374                return 0;
 375        }
 376        hit = grep_buffer(opt, name, data, size);
 377        free(data);
 378        return hit;
 379}
 380
 381static int grep_file(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *filename)
 382{
 383        struct stat st;
 384        int i;
 385        char *data;
 386        if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
 387        err_ret:
 388                if (errno != ENOENT)
 389                        error("'%s': %s", filename, strerror(errno));
 390                return 0;
 391        }
 392        if (!st.st_size)
 393                return 0; /* empty file -- no grep hit */
 394        if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 395                return 0;
 396        i = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 397        if (i < 0)
 398                goto err_ret;
 399        data = xmalloc(st.st_size + 1);
 400        if (st.st_size != xread(i, data, st.st_size)) {
 401                error("'%s': short read %s", filename, strerror(errno));
 402                close(i);
 403                free(data);
 404                return 0;
 405        }
 406        close(i);
 407        i = grep_buffer(opt, filename, data, st.st_size);
 408        free(data);
 409        return i;
 410}
 411
 412static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths, int cached)
 413{
 414        int hit = 0;
 415        int nr;
 416        read_cache();
 417
 418        for (nr = 0; nr < active_nr; nr++) {
 419                struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[nr];
 420                if (ce_stage(ce) || !S_ISREG(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
 421                        continue;
 422                if (!pathspec_matches(paths, ce->name))
 423                        continue;
 424                if (cached)
 425                        hit |= grep_sha1(opt, ce->sha1, ce->name);
 426                else
 427                        hit |= grep_file(opt, ce->name);
 428        }
 429        return hit;
 430}
 431
 432static int grep_tree(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths,
 433                     struct tree_desc *tree,
 434                     const char *tree_name, const char *base)
 435{
 436        unsigned mode;
 437        int len;
 438        int hit = 0;
 439        const char *path;
 440        const unsigned char *sha1;
 441        char *down;
 442        char *path_buf = xmalloc(PATH_MAX + strlen(tree_name) + 100);
 443
 444        if (tree_name[0]) {
 445                int offset = sprintf(path_buf, "%s:", tree_name);
 446                down = path_buf + offset;
 447                strcat(down, base);
 448        }
 449        else {
 450                down = path_buf;
 451                strcpy(down, base);
 452        }
 453        len = strlen(path_buf);
 454
 455        while (tree->size) {
 456                int pathlen;
 457                sha1 = tree_entry_extract(tree, &path, &mode);
 458                pathlen = strlen(path);
 459                strcpy(path_buf + len, path);
 460
 461                if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 462                        /* Match "abc/" against pathspec to
 463                         * decide if we want to descend into "abc"
 464                         * directory.
 465                         */
 466                        strcpy(path_buf + len + pathlen, "/");
 467
 468                if (!pathspec_matches(paths, down))
 469                        ;
 470                else if (S_ISREG(mode))
 471                        hit |= grep_sha1(opt, sha1, path_buf);
 472                else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
 473                        char type[20];
 474                        struct tree_desc sub;
 475                        void *data;
 476                        data = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, &sub.size);
 477                        if (!data)
 478                                die("unable to read tree (%s)",
 479                                    sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 480                        sub.buf = data;
 481                        hit |= grep_tree(opt, paths, &sub, tree_name, down);
 482                        free(data);
 483                }
 484                update_tree_entry(tree);
 485        }
 486        return hit;
 487}
 488
 489static int grep_object(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths,
 490                       struct object *obj, const char *name)
 491{
 492        if (!strcmp(obj->type, blob_type))
 493                return grep_sha1(opt, obj->sha1, name);
 494        if (!strcmp(obj->type, commit_type) ||
 495            !strcmp(obj->type, tree_type)) {
 496                struct tree_desc tree;
 497                void *data;
 498                int hit;
 499                data = read_object_with_reference(obj->sha1, tree_type,
 500                                                  &tree.size, NULL);
 501                if (!data)
 502                        die("unable to read tree (%s)", sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
 503                tree.buf = data;
 504                hit = grep_tree(opt, paths, &tree, name, "");
 505                free(data);
 506                return hit;
 507        }
 508        die("unable to grep from object of type %s", obj->type);
 509}
 510
 511static const char builtin_grep_usage[] =
 512"git-grep <option>* <rev>* [-e] <pattern> [<path>...]";
 513
 514int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 515{
 516        int hit = 0;
 517        int cached = 0;
 518        int seen_dashdash = 0;
 519        struct grep_opt opt;
 520        struct object_list *list, **tail, *object_list = NULL;
 521        const char *prefix = setup_git_directory();
 522        const char **paths = NULL;
 523        int i;
 524
 525        memset(&opt, 0, sizeof(opt));
 526        opt.pattern_tail = &opt.pattern_list;
 527        opt.regflags = REG_NEWLINE;
 528
 529        /*
 530         * If there is no -- then the paths must exist in the working
 531         * tree.  If there is no explicit pattern specified with -e or
 532         * -f, we take the first unrecognized non option to be the
 533         * pattern, but then what follows it must be zero or more
 534         * valid refs up to the -- (if exists), and then existing
 535         * paths.  If there is an explicit pattern, then the first
 536         * unrecocnized non option is the beginning of the refs list
 537         * that continues up to the -- (if exists), and then paths.
 538         */
 539
 540        tail = &object_list;
 541        while (1 < argc) {
 542                const char *arg = argv[1];
 543                argc--; argv++;
 544                if (!strcmp("--cached", arg)) {
 545                        cached = 1;
 546                        continue;
 547                }
 548                if (!strcmp("-a", arg) ||
 549                    !strcmp("--text", arg)) {
 550                        opt.binary = GREP_BINARY_TEXT;
 551                        continue;
 552                }
 553                if (!strcmp("-i", arg) ||
 554                    !strcmp("--ignore-case", arg)) {
 555                        opt.regflags |= REG_ICASE;
 556                        continue;
 557                }
 558                if (!strcmp("-I", arg)) {
 559                        opt.binary = GREP_BINARY_NOMATCH;
 560                        continue;
 561                }
 562                if (!strcmp("-v", arg) ||
 563                    !strcmp("--invert-match", arg)) {
 564                        opt.invert = 1;
 565                        continue;
 566                }
 567                if (!strcmp("-E", arg) ||
 568                    !strcmp("--extended-regexp", arg)) {
 569                        opt.regflags |= REG_EXTENDED;
 570                        continue;
 571                }
 572                if (!strcmp("-F", arg) ||
 573                    !strcmp("--fixed-strings", arg)) {
 574                        opt.fixed = 1;
 575                        continue;
 576                }
 577                if (!strcmp("-G", arg) ||
 578                    !strcmp("--basic-regexp", arg)) {
 579                        opt.regflags &= ~REG_EXTENDED;
 580                        continue;
 581                }
 582                if (!strcmp("-n", arg)) {
 583                        opt.linenum = 1;
 584                        continue;
 585                }
 586                if (!strcmp("-H", arg)) {
 587                        /* We always show the pathname, so this
 588                         * is a noop.
 589                         */
 590                        continue;
 591                }
 592                if (!strcmp("-l", arg) ||
 593                    !strcmp("--files-with-matches", arg)) {
 594                        opt.name_only = 1;
 595                        continue;
 596                }
 597                if (!strcmp("-L", arg) ||
 598                    !strcmp("--files-without-match", arg)) {
 599                        opt.unmatch_name_only = 1;
 600                        continue;
 601                }
 602                if (!strcmp("-c", arg) ||
 603                    !strcmp("--count", arg)) {
 604                        opt.count = 1;
 605                        continue;
 606                }
 607                if (!strcmp("-w", arg) ||
 608                    !strcmp("--word-regexp", arg)) {
 609                        opt.word_regexp = 1;
 610                        continue;
 611                }
 612                if (!strncmp("-A", arg, 2) ||
 613                    !strncmp("-B", arg, 2) ||
 614                    !strncmp("-C", arg, 2) ||
 615                    (arg[0] == '-' && '1' <= arg[1] && arg[1] <= '9')) {
 616                        unsigned num;
 617                        const char *scan;
 618                        switch (arg[1]) {
 619                        case 'A': case 'B': case 'C':
 620                                if (!arg[2]) {
 621                                        if (argc <= 1)
 622                                                usage(builtin_grep_usage);
 623                                        scan = *++argv;
 624                                        argc--;
 625                                }
 626                                else
 627                                        scan = arg + 2;
 628                                break;
 629                        default:
 630                                scan = arg + 1;
 631                                break;
 632                        }
 633                        if (sscanf(scan, "%u", &num) != 1)
 634                                usage(builtin_grep_usage);
 635                        switch (arg[1]) {
 636                        case 'A':
 637                                opt.post_context = num;
 638                                break;
 639                        default:
 640                        case 'C':
 641                                opt.post_context = num;
 642                        case 'B':
 643                                opt.pre_context = num;
 644                                break;
 645                        }
 646                        continue;
 647                }
 648                if (!strcmp("-f", arg)) {
 649                        FILE *patterns;
 650                        int lno = 0;
 651                        char buf[1024];
 652                        if (argc <= 1)
 653                                usage(builtin_grep_usage);
 654                        patterns = fopen(argv[1], "r");
 655                        if (!patterns)
 656                                die("'%s': %s", argv[1], strerror(errno));
 657                        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), patterns)) {
 658                                int len = strlen(buf);
 659                                if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
 660                                        buf[len-1] = 0;
 661                                /* ignore empty line like grep does */
 662                                if (!buf[0])
 663                                        continue;
 664                                add_pattern(&opt, strdup(buf), argv[1], ++lno);
 665                        }
 666                        fclose(patterns);
 667                        argv++;
 668                        argc--;
 669                        continue;
 670                }
 671                if (!strcmp("-e", arg)) {
 672                        if (1 < argc) {
 673                                add_pattern(&opt, argv[1], "-e option", 0);
 674                                argv++;
 675                                argc--;
 676                                continue;
 677                        }
 678                        usage(builtin_grep_usage);
 679                }
 680                if (!strcmp("--", arg))
 681                        break;
 682                if (*arg == '-')
 683                        usage(builtin_grep_usage);
 684
 685                /* First unrecognized non-option token */
 686                if (!opt.pattern_list) {
 687                        add_pattern(&opt, arg, "command line", 0);
 688                        break;
 689                }
 690                else {
 691                        /* We are looking at the first path or rev;
 692                         * it is found at argv[1] after leaving the
 693                         * loop.
 694                         */
 695                        argc++; argv--;
 696                        break;
 697                }
 698        }
 699
 700        if (!opt.pattern_list)
 701                die("no pattern given.");
 702        if ((opt.regflags != REG_NEWLINE) && opt.fixed)
 703                die("cannot mix --fixed-strings and regexp");
 704        if (!opt.fixed)
 705                compile_patterns(&opt);
 706
 707        /* Check revs and then paths */
 708        for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 709                const char *arg = argv[i];
 710                unsigned char sha1[20];
 711                /* Is it a rev? */
 712                if (!get_sha1(arg, sha1)) {
 713                        struct object *object = parse_object(sha1);
 714                        struct object_list *elem;
 715                        if (!object)
 716                                die("bad object %s", arg);
 717                        elem = object_list_insert(object, tail);
 718                        elem->name = arg;
 719                        tail = &elem->next;
 720                        continue;
 721                }
 722                if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) {
 723                        i++;
 724                        seen_dashdash = 1;
 725                }
 726                break;
 727        }
 728
 729        /* The rest are paths */
 730        if (!seen_dashdash) {
 731                int j;
 732                for (j = i; j < argc; j++)
 733                        verify_filename(prefix, argv[j]);
 734        }
 735
 736        if (i < argc)
 737                paths = get_pathspec(prefix, argv + i);
 738        else if (prefix) {
 739                paths = xcalloc(2, sizeof(const char *));
 740                paths[0] = prefix;
 741                paths[1] = NULL;
 742        }
 743
 744        if (!object_list)
 745                return !grep_cache(&opt, paths, cached);
 746
 747        if (cached)
 748                die("both --cached and trees are given.");
 749
 750        for (list = object_list; list; list = list->next) {
 751                struct object *real_obj;
 752                real_obj = deref_tag(list->item, NULL, 0);
 753                if (grep_object(&opt, paths, real_obj, list->name))
 754                        hit = 1;
 755        }
 756        return !hit;
 757}