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grep: Look for ./.grepignore and ~/.grepignore by default?

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Andrew Pennebaker

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Apr 26, 2013, 12:24:29 PM4/26/13
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ack has this cool ability to ignore files and directories on a project-by-project basis, using .ackrc files. grep has a feature like this, --exclude-from=FILE.

Could the next version of gnu grep --exclude-from=./.grepignore and --exclude-from=~/.grepignore by default?
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