grep: add --max-count command line option

This patch adds a command line option analogous to that of GNU
grep(1)'s -m / --max-count, which users might already be used to.
This makes it possible to limit the amount of matches shown in the
output while keeping the functionality of other options such as -C
(show code context) or -p (show containing function), which would be
difficult to do with a shell pipeline (e.g. head(1)).

Signed-off-by: Carlos López 00xc@protonmail.com
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 82eb7da102..52a894c989 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ static int grep_source_1(struct grep_opt *opt, struct grep_source *gs, int colle
 				return 0;
 			goto next_line;
 		}
-		if (hit) {
+		if (hit && (opt->max_count < 0 || count < opt->max_count)) {
 			count++;
 			if (opt->status_only)
 				return 1;