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From: EuAndreh <eu@euandre.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:17:12 -0300
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+= Grep online repositories
+:categories: git
+
+:cgit: https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
+
+I often find interesting source code repositories online that I want to grep for
+some pattern but I can't, because either:
+
+* the repository is on {cgit}[cgit] or a similar code repository that doesn't
+  allow search in files, or;
+* the search function is really bad, and doesn't allow me to use regular
+  expressions for searching patterns in the code.
+
+Here's a simple script that allows you to overcome that problem easily:
+
+[source,sh]
+----
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+end="\033[0m"
+red="\033[0;31m"
+red() { echo -e "${red}${1}${end}"; }
+
+usage() {
+  red "Missing argument $1.\n"
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage:
+    $0 <REGEX_PATTERN> <REPOSITORY_URL>
+
+      Arguments:
+        REGEX_PATTERN     Regular expression that "git grep" can search
+        REPOSITORY_URL    URL address that "git clone" can download the repository from
+
+Examples:
+    Searching "make get-git" in cgit repository:
+        git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
+        git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/ -- \$(git rev-list --all)
+EOF
+  exit 2
+}
+
+
+REGEX_PATTERN="${1:-}"
+REPOSITORY_URL="${2:-}"
+[[ -z "${REGEX_PATTERN}" ]] && usage 'REGEX_PATTERN'
+[[ -z "${REPOSITORY_URL}" ]] && usage 'REPOSITORY_URL'
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/git-search
+DIRNAME="$(echo "${REPOSITORY_URL%/}" | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev)"
+if [[ ! -d "/tmp/git-search/${DIRNAME}" ]]; then
+  git clone "${REPOSITORY_URL}" "/tmp/git-search/${DIRNAME}"
+fi
+pushd "/tmp/git-search/${DIRNAME}"
+
+shift 3 || shift 2 # when "--" is missing
+git grep "${REGEX_PATTERN}" "${@}"
+----
+
+It is a wrapper around `git grep` that downloads the repository when missing.
+Save in a file called `git-search`, make the file executable and add it to your
+path.
+
+Overview:
+
+* _lines 1~2_:
++
+Bash shebang and the `set -eu` options to exit on error or undefined
+variables.
+
+* _lines 4~30_:
++
+Usage text to be printed when providing less arguments than expected.
+
+* _line 33_:
++
+Extract the repository name from the URL, removing trailing slashes.
+
+* _lines 34~37_:
++
+Download the repository when missing and go to the folder.
+
+* _line 39_:
++
+Make the variable `$@` contain the rest of the unused arguments.
+
+* _line 40_:
++
+Perform `git grep`, forwarding the remaining arguments from `$@`.
+
+Example output:
+
+[source,sh]
+----
+$ git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
+Clonage dans '/tmp/git-search/cgit'...
+remote: Enumerating objects: 542, done.
+remote: Counting objects: 100% (542/542), done.
+remote: Compressing objects: 100% (101/101), done.
+warning: object 51dd1eff1edc663674df9ab85d2786a40f7ae3a5: gitmodulesParse: could not parse gitmodules blob
+remote: Total 7063 (delta 496), reused 446 (delta 441), pack-reused 6521
+Réception d'objets: 100% (7063/7063), 8.69 Mio | 5.39 Mio/s, fait.
+Résolution des deltas: 100% (5047/5047), fait.
+/tmp/git-search/cgit ~/dev/libre/songbooks/docs
+README:    $ make get-git
+
+$ git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
+/tmp/git-search/cgit ~/dev/libre/songbooks/docs
+README:    $ make get-git
+----
+
+Subsequent greps on the same repository are faster because no download is
+needed.
+
+When no argument is provided, it prints the usage text:
+
+[source,sh]
+----
+$ git search
+Missing argument REGEX_PATTERN.
+
+Usage:
+    /home/andreh/dev/libre/dotfiles/scripts/ad-hoc/git-search <REGEX_PATTERN> <REPOSITORY_URL>
+
+      Arguments:
+        REGEX_PATTERN     Regular expression that "git grep" can search
+        REPOSITORY_URL    URL address that "git clone" can download the repository from
+
+Examples:
+    Searching "make get-git" in cgit repository:
+        git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
+        git search 'make get-git' https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/ -- $(git rev-list --all)
+----
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