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Re: [PATCH] git send-email: edit recipient addresses with the --compose flag

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TTait <git.git@t41t.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2008, 01:49 UTC
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<20081111014919.GI7408@ece.pdx.edu>
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<alpine.LFD.2.00.0811091344480.20499@sys-0.hiltweb.site>
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> > > +	if ($c_file =~ /^To:\s*+(.+)\s*\nCc:/ism) {
> > 
> > Greedy operators are only supported with perl 5.10 or more... I think it's a 
> > bad idea to use them...
> 
> The problem here was that a space should follow the field, but it may
> not.  The user may unwarily backup over it.  "\s*" would match this
> case.
> 
> But if there is a space, it is included in the "(.+)".
Not in any version of Perl to which I have access. 
Why doesn't
	/^To:\s*(.+)\s*\nCc:/ism
work?
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  1. git send-email: edit recipient addresses with the --compose flagIan Hilt, Nov 9, 2008
  2. Francis GaliegueNov 9, 2008
  3. Ian HiltNov 9, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2008
  5. Ian HiltNov 10, 2008
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  9. Aristotle PagaltzisNov 10, 2008
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  11. Francis GaliegueNov 11, 2008
  12. Ian HiltNov 11, 2008
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  14. Francis GaliegueNov 11, 2008
  15. TaitNov 11, 2008
  16. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
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