Re: [PATCH] git-tag: Fix -l option to use better shell style globs.

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sep 1, 2007, 05:31 UTC
Message-ID: <20070901053158.GF18160@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <46D8F431.70801@gmail.com>

Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch removes certain behaviour of "git tag -l foo", currently
> listing every tag name having "foo" as a substring.  The same
> thing now could be achieved doing "git tag -l '*foo*'".

Even though this is a behavior change, I think its the right thing to do. The current behavior of searching "*$arg*" is downright annoying and not what most users would expect I think, especially when tools like for-each-ref don't do that.

Then again, I do "*$arg*" in git-gui's revision selection widget. But there its immediately obvious what is happening and anyone I have talked[*1*] to prefers it that way.

*1*: Disclaimer: people I talked to has thus far been limited to
     day-job coworkers.

-- 
Shawn.