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Smart Grep switches between regular and git grep based on your directory.
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smart_grep.sh
STANDARD_GREP=`which grep`
alias grep='smart_grep'
function smart_grep {
if [ -d ".git" ]; then
git grep "${@:1}"
else
$STANDARD_GREP "$@"
fi
}
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