When performing global changes in a project/tree using a command like:
grep -r "search" | xargs -I {} sed -i '' s/search/replace/g
there exists the possibility that this command will alter data in .git
folder. Using GNU grep, it is possible to use --exclude '/.*"' to avoid
the .git folder, but this flag is not available on BSD grep (i.e. MacOS).
Maybe git and the .git folder within a repository should be configured
to use a separate user account, and then the .git folder would have its
permissions set to 600?
