patterns = from_stdin ? stdin : fopen(arg, "r");
if (!patterns)
die_errno(_("cannot open '%s'"), arg);
- while (strbuf_getline(&sb, patterns, '\n') == 0) {
+ while (strbuf_getline(&sb, patterns) == 0) {
/* ignore empty line like grep does */
if (sb.len == 0)
continue;
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
grep_commit_pattern_type(pattern_type_arg, &opt);
- if (use_index && !startup_info->have_repository)
- /* die the same way as if we did it at the beginning */
- setup_git_directory();
+ if (use_index && !startup_info->have_repository) {
+ int fallback = 0;
+ git_config_get_bool("grep.fallbacktonoindex", &fallback);
+ if (fallback)
+ use_index = 0;
+ else
+ /* die the same way as if we did it at the beginning */
+ setup_git_directory();
+ }
/*
* skip a -- separator; we know it cannot be