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[PATCH 08/12] grep: make grep.patternType=[pcre|pcre1] a synonym for "perl"

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2017, 13:25 UTC
Message-ID
<20170408132506.5415-9-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170408132506.5415-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Make the pattern types "pcre" & "pcre1" synonyms for long-standing "perl" grep.patternType.

This change is part of a longer patch series to add pcre2 support to Git. It's nice to be able to performance test PCRE v1 v.s. v2 without having to recompile git, and doing that via grep.patternType makes sense.

However, just adding "pcre2" when we only have "perl" would be confusing, so start by adding a "pcre" & "pcre1" synonym.

In the future "perl" and "pcre" might be changed to default to "pcre2" instead of "pcre1", and depending on how Git is compiled the more specific "pcre1" or "pcre2" pattern types might produce an error.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |  9 +++++++++
 grep.c                   |  4 +++-
 t/t7810-grep.sh          | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 475e874d51..5ef12d0694 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1624,6 +1624,15 @@ grep.patternType::
 	'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
 	`--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
 	value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
++
+The 'pcre' and 'pcre1' values are synonyms for 'perl'. The other
+values starting with 'pcre' are reserved for future use, e.g. if we'd
+like to use 'pcre2' for the PCRE v2 library.
++
+In the future 'perl' and 'pcre' might become synonyms for some other
+implementation or PCRE version, such as 'pcre2', while the more
+specific 'pcre1' & 'pcre2' might throw errors depending on whether git
+is compiled to include those libraries.
 
 grep.extendedRegexp::
 	If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 8564fe726d..1575f8f9ed 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ static int parse_pattern_type_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg)
 		return GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_ERE;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "fixed"))
 		return GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_FIXED;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "perl"))
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "perl") ||
+		 !strcmp(arg, "pcre") ||
+		 !strcmp(arg, "pcre1"))
 		return GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_PCRE;
 	die("bad %s argument: %s", opt, arg);
 }
diff --git a/t/t7810-grep.sh b/t/t7810-grep.sh
index 83b0ee53be..b50f1dff43 100755
--- a/t/t7810-grep.sh
+++ b/t/t7810-grep.sh
@@ -1522,4 +1522,14 @@ test_expect_success 'grep with thread options' '
 	test_must_fail git -c grep.threads=1 grep --threads=-1 st.*dio
 '
 
+test_expect_success LIBPCRE "grep with grep.patternType synonyms perl/pcre/pcre1" '
+	echo "#include <stdio.h>" >expected &&
+	git -c grep.patternType=perl  grep -h --no-line-number "st(?=dio)" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	git -c grep.patternType=pcre  grep -h --no-line-number "st(?=dio)" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	git -c grep.patternType=pcre1 grep -h --no-line-number "st(?=dio)" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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  2. 01/12 grep: add ability to disable threading with --threads=0 or grep.threads=0Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  3. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2017
  5. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2017
  7. Jeff KingApr 14, 2017
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 16, 2017
  9. 02/12 grep: remove redundant regflags assignment under PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  10. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  11. 03/12 Makefile & configure: reword outdated comment about PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  12. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 15, 2017
  14. 04/12 grep: add a test for backreferences in PCRE patternsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  15. 05/12 log: add exhaustive tests for pattern style options & configÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  16. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2017
  18. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  19. 06/12 log: add -P as a synonym for --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2017
  21. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  22. 08/12 grep: make grep.patternType=[pcre|pcre1] a synonym for "perl"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  23. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  24. 07/12 grep & rev-list doc: stop promising libpcre for --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  25. 09/12 test-lib: rename the LIBPCRE prerequisite to PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  26. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  27. 10/12 grep: change the internal PCRE macro names to be PCRE1Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  28. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2017
  30. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  31. 12/12 grep: add support for PCRE v2Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  32. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  33. 11/12 grep: change the internal PCRE code & header names to be PCRE1Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 8, 2017
  34. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 11, 2017
  36. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
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  38. Jeff KingApr 11, 2017
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  42. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2017
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