Bash tool: injected `grep` silently skips .gitignore'd and binary files
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.296
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Workaround ✓ Mentioned in description ↑
Activity 0 comments · opened Oct 13, 2026
Bug Description
- What happened: In the Bash tool (Claude Code 2.1.296, zsh, macOS),
grepis a shell-snapshot function running ugrep with--ignore-files -I. Ignored and binary files are skipped silently: counts are wrong with rc 0, absence checks give a false rc 1. - What the user said: User didn't comment; observed by the model.
- Repro: In a temp dir:
echo ignore.txt > .gitignore; echo "MOTIF b" > ignore.txt; grep -r 'MOTIF b' .→ rc 1, no output./usr/bin/grep -r 'MOTIF b' .→./ignore.txt:MOTIF b, rc 0. - Evidence:
whence -v grep→ shell function from~/.claude/shell-snapshots/.\grepis also filtered; workaround:/usr/bin/greporcommand grep.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: ghostty
- Version: 2.1.296
- Feedback ID: 42b06bcb-7037-45e2-b487-18a24e166a6e