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		xtrahotsauce on Nov 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GNU grep is 10x faster than Mac grep Does "git grep" use a system grep or does it implement grep on its own?

meaty on Nov 28, 2012 | [–]

It uses its own. See https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/builtin/grep.c

unwind on Nov 28, 2012 | | [–]

That seems to be the "command infrastructure" for the grep builtin. The actual grep engine is in https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/grep.c.

drothlis on Nov 28, 2012 | [–]

The article has an answer to that. I'm not sure if you're challenging the article's answer or if you just missed it...

xtrahotsauce on Nov 28, 2012 | [–]

Oops, missed that part of the article, thanks!

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