How can I have grep not print out 'No such file or directory' errors?

Question

I\'m grepping through a large pile of code managed by git, and whenever I do a grep, I see piles and piles of messages of the form:

> grep pattern * -R -         


        

Answer 1

If you are grepping through a git repository, I'd recommend you use git grep. You don't need to pass in -R or the path.

git grep pattern

That will show all matches from your current directory down.