Query file contents

[jpsilva]

Hi everybody. I'm starting to try Plastic out for the first time, so please bear with me.

 

First of all, congrats for your softwaer. For what I have seen so far it's very promissing.

Now one specific question, is there a way (command line or programmatic, not through GUI) in which to query file contents without checking out the actual files?

 

I have read the documentation, in particular the 'find' command one, but it seems that you are able to query the repository based on events on the lifecycle of the revisions/files, and on metadata (owners, commiters, etc.), not on the contents. I found an old thread in the forum (http://www.plasticscm.net/index.php?/topic/253-searching/?hl=%2Bfile+%2Bcontents#entry1091) where you talk about indexing, but could not fine any command related to it. I also checked the "query" command, but couldn't figure out a way.

 

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

               JP

 

[jpsilva]

To be a little more specific, an equivalent of git's "grep" command would suffice.

 

Also, could you point me towards the Java command-line client (or any documentation related to it) that you mention on your home page?

I couldn't find it in the downloads (zips or executables).

Thanks again

[calbzam]

Hi,

 

I´m afraid that it´s not possible query file content. We´ve been thinking on implementing this kind of feature, even to look for content in the file history (not only the tree). Would be great if you add the request in our user voice web:

 

http://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general

 

Regards,

Carlos

[jpsilva]

Thanks, Carlos.

 

I just opened a request: http://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/5645666-hability-to-query-file-contents-grep-like

[psantosl]

Hi there,

 

Well, as Carlos pointed you can't use cm find, but you can use cm cat to show the content of the file and later run a grep or anything you need on that.

 

Does it help?

Probably you'll need slightly more scripting but what you're looking for is certainly achievable.