#include "builtin.h"
 #include "grep.h"
 
+#ifndef NO_EXTERNAL_GREP
+#ifdef __unix__
+#define NO_EXTERNAL_GREP 0
+#else
+#define NO_EXTERNAL_GREP 1
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /*
  * git grep pathspecs are somewhat different from diff-tree pathspecs;
  * pathname wildcards are allowed.
        return i;
 }
 
-#ifdef __unix__
+#if !NO_EXTERNAL_GREP
 static int exec_grep(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        pid_t pid;
                struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
                char *name;
                int kept;
-               if (!S_ISREG(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
+               if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode))
                        continue;
                if (!pathspec_matches(paths, ce->name))
                        continue;
        int nr;
        read_cache();
 
-#ifdef __unix__
+#if !NO_EXTERNAL_GREP
        /*
         * Use the external "grep" command for the case where
         * we grep through the checked-out files. It tends to
 
        for (nr = 0; nr < active_nr; nr++) {
                struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[nr];
-               if (!S_ISREG(ntohl(ce->ce_mode)))
+               if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode))
                        continue;
                if (!pathspec_matches(paths, ce->name))
                        continue;
                        continue;
                }
                if (!strcmp("-l", arg) ||
+                   !strcmp("--name-only", arg) ||
                    !strcmp("--files-with-matches", arg)) {
                        opt.name_only = 1;
                        continue;
                                die("'%s': %s", argv[1], strerror(errno));
                        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), patterns)) {
                                int len = strlen(buf);
-                               if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
+                               if (len && buf[len-1] == '\n')
                                        buf[len-1] = 0;
                                /* ignore empty line like grep does */
                                if (!buf[0])