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Re: [PATCH 11/16] config: add --literal-match option

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 13, 2008, 13:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20080313132419.GA28564@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<fr9ivq$eh0$1@ger.gmane.org>
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:46:43PM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> > +--literal-match::
> > +
> > +       Some invocations of git-config will limit their actions based on
> > +       matching a config value to a regular expression. If this option
> > +       is used, then any such matches are done as a string comparison
> > +       rather than as a regular expression match.
> > +
> 
> Why this option is not named --fixed-strings, as everywhere else, then?

Because I never use --fixed-strings anywhere else and didn't think of it? :)

I think, though, that there is a key difference, and using that name would lead to confusion. In grep, --fixed-strings means "find this fixed _substring_ within the input" whereas this option means "find the value that is byte-for-byte equal to this."

-Peff
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Message 48 of 59 in “tr portability fixes”
  1. 01/16 tr portability fixesJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  2. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  3. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  4. 02/16 t0050: perl portability fixJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  6. 03/16 more tr portability test script fixesJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  7. Frank LichtenheldMar 13, 2008
  8. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  9. Alex RiesenMar 18, 2008
  10. Add test-tr: poor-man tr for the test suiteAlex Riesen, Mar 18, 2008
  11. Use test-tr in the test suiteAlex Riesen, Mar 18, 2008
  12. Jeff KingMar 18, 2008
  13. Alex RiesenMar 18, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2008
  15. Alex RiesenMar 19, 2008
  16. 04/16 grep portability fix: don't use "-e" or "-q"Jeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  19. 05/16 remove use of "tail -n 1" and "tail -1"Jeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  20. 06/16 add test_cmp function for test scriptsJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  22. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  24. 07/16 t4020: don't use grep -aJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  25. 08/16 t4200: use cut instead of sedJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  27. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  29. Jeff KingMar 14, 2008
  30. 09/16 t6000lib: tr portability fixJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  31. t/t6000lib.sh: tr portability fix fixBrandon Casey, Mar 14, 2008
  32. Jeff KingMar 14, 2008
  33. Brandon CaseyMar 14, 2008
  34. t/t6000lib.sh: tr portability fix fixBrandon Casey, Mar 14, 2008
  35. Jeff KingMar 14, 2008
  36. Brandon CaseyMar 14, 2008
  37. 10/16 add NO_EXTERNAL_GREP build optionJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  39. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  40. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  41. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  42. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  43. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  44. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  45. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2008
  46. 11/16 config: add --literal-match optionJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  47. Jakub NarebskiMar 12, 2008
  48. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  49. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  50. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  51. 12/16 git-submodule: avoid sed input with no newlineJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  52. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  53. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008
  54. 13/16 filter-branch: don't use xargs -0Jeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  55. 14/16 filter-branch: use $SHELL_PATH instead of 'sh'Jeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  56. 15/16 t9112: add missing #!/bin/sh headerJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  57. 16/16 t7505: use SHELL_PATH in hookJeff King, Mar 12, 2008
  58. Adam PiatyszekMar 13, 2008
  59. Jeff KingMar 13, 2008

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