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[PATCH v3 7/9] grep/pcre: support utf-8

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2015, 13:24 UTC
Message-ID
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In the previous change in this function, we add locale support for single-byte encodings only. It looks like pcre only supports utf-* as multibyte encodings, the others are left in the cold (which is fine).

We need to enable PCRE_UTF8 so pcre can find character boundary correctly. It's needed for case folding (when --ignore-case is used) or '*', '+' or similar syntax is used.

The "has_non_ascii()" check is to be on the conservative side. If there's non-ascii in the pattern, the searched content could still be in utf-8, but we can treat it just like a byte stream and everything should work. If we force utf-8 based on locale only and pcre validates utf-8 and the file content is in non-utf8 encoding, things break.

Noticed-by: Plamen Totev <plamen.totev@abv.bg>
Helped-by: Plamen Totev <plamen.totev@abv.bg>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 grep.c                          |  2 ++
 t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index f0fbf99..07621c1 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ static void compile_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, const struct grep_opt *opt)
 			p->pcre_tables = pcre_maketables();
 		options |= PCRE_CASELESS;
 	}
+	if (is_utf8_locale() && has_non_ascii(p->pattern))
+		options |= PCRE_UTF8;
 
 	p->pcre_regexp = pcre_compile(p->pattern, options, &error, &erroffset,
 				      p->pcre_tables);
diff --git a/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh b/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
index c945589..e861a15 100755
--- a/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
+++ b/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE 'grep literal string, no -F' '
 	git grep -i "TILRAUN: HALLÓ HEIMUR!"
 '
 
+test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE,LIBPCRE 'grep pcre utf-8 icase' '
+	git grep --perl-regexp    "TILRAUN: H.lló Heimur!" &&
+	git grep --perl-regexp -i "TILRAUN: H.lló Heimur!" &&
+	git grep --perl-regexp -i "TILRAUN: H.LLÓ HEIMUR!"
+'
+
+test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE,LIBPCRE 'grep pcre utf-8 string with "+"' '
+	printf "TILRAUN: Hallóó Heimur!" >file2 &&
+	git add file2 &&
+	git grep -l --perl-regexp "TILRAUN: H.lló+ Heimur!" >actual &&
+	echo file >expected &&
+	echo file2 >>expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE 'grep literal string, with -F' '
 	git grep --debug -i -F "TILRAUN: Halló Heimur!"  2>&1 >/dev/null |
 		 grep fixed >debug1 &&
-- 
2.3.0.rc1.137.g477eb31
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  1. Plamen TotevJul 6, 2015
  2. Duy NguyenJul 6, 2015
  3. Plamen TotevJul 7, 2015
  4. Duy NguyenJul 7, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2015
  6. Plamen TotevJul 7, 2015
  7. Duy NguyenJul 8, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2015
  9. grep: use regcomp() for icase search with non-ascii patternsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 6, 2015
  10. René ScharfeJul 6, 2015
  11. Duy NguyenJul 6, 2015
  12. Plamen TotevJul 7, 2015
  13. 0/9 icase match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  14. 1/9 grep: allow -F -i combinationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  15. 2/9 grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  16. 3/9 grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii stringsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  17. 4/9 grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specifiedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  18. 5/9 grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  19. Duy NguyenJul 8, 2015
  20. 6/9 gettext: add is_utf8_locale()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  21. 7/9 grep/pcre: support utf-8Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  22. Plamen TotevJul 11, 2015
  23. 8/9 diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  24. 9/9 diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 8, 2015
  25. Eric SunshineJul 9, 2015
  26. Torsten BögershausenJul 8, 2015
  27. Duy NguyenJul 8, 2015
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2015
  29. Duy NguyenJul 8, 2015
  30. 0/9 icase match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  31. 1/9 grep: allow -F -i combinationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  32. 2/9 grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  33. 3/9 grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii stringsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  34. 4/9 grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specifiedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  35. 5/9 grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  36. 6/9 gettext: add is_utf8_locale()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  37. 7/9 grep/pcre: support utf-8Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  38. 8/9 diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  39. 9/9 diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 14, 2015
  40. Torsten BögershausenJul 14, 2015
  41. Duy NguyenJul 15, 2015
  42. Torsten BögershausenJul 15, 2015
  43. 00/10 icase match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  44. 01/10 grep: allow -F -i combinationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  45. 02/10 grep: break down an "if" stmt in preparation for next changesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  46. 03/10 test-regex: expose full regcomp() to the command lineNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  47. 04/10 grep/icase: avoid kwsset on literal non-ascii stringsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  48. 05/10 grep/icase: avoid kwsset when -F is specifiedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  49. 06/10 grep/pcre: prepare locale-dependent tables for icase matchingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  50. 07/10 gettext: add is_utf8_locale()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  51. 08/10 grep/pcre: support utf-8Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  52. 09/10 diffcore-pickaxe: "share" regex error handling codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015
  53. 10/10 diffcore-pickaxe: support case insensitive match on non-asciiNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Aug 21, 2015

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