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[PATCH v2 3/7] log: add -P as a synonym for --perl-regexp

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
May 23, 2017, 19:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20170523192453.14172-4-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170523192453.14172-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Add a short -P option as a synonym for the longer --perl-regexp, for consistency with the options the corresponding grep invocations accept.

This was intentionally omitted in commit 727b6fc3ed ("log --grep: accept --basic-regexp and --perl-regexp", 2012-10-03) for unspecified future use.

Make it consistent with "grep" rather than to keep it open for future use, and to avoid the confusion of -P meaning different things for grep & log, as is the case with the -G option.

As noted in the aforementioned commit the --basic-regexp option can't have a corresponding -G argument, as the log command already uses that for -G<regex>.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt |  1 +
 revision.c                         |  2 +-
 t/t4202-log.sh                     | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index a46f70c2b1..9c44eae55d 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 	Consider the limiting patterns to be fixed strings (don't interpret
 	pattern as a regular expression).
 
+-P::
 --perl-regexp::
 	Consider the limiting patterns to be Perl-compatible regular
 	expressions.
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 4883cdd2d0..60329da1bd 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 		DIFF_OPT_SET(&revs->diffopt, PICKAXE_IGNORE_CASE);
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--fixed-strings") || !strcmp(arg, "-F")) {
 		revs->grep_filter.pattern_type_option = GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_FIXED;
-	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--perl-regexp")) {
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--perl-regexp") || !strcmp(arg, "-P")) {
 		revs->grep_filter.pattern_type_option = GREP_PATTERN_TYPE_PCRE;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--all-match")) {
 		revs->grep_filter.all_match = 1;
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index dbed3efeee..2b07d1c0c2 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -404,8 +404,20 @@ test_expect_success 'log with various grep.patternType configurations & command-
 			--grep="(1|2)" >actual.fixed.short-arg &&
 		git log --pretty=tformat:%s -E \
 			--grep="\|2" >actual.extended.short-arg &&
+		if test_have_prereq PCRE
+		then
+			git log --pretty=tformat:%s -P \
+				--grep="[\d]\|" >actual.perl.short-arg
+		else
+			test_must_fail git log -P \
+				--grep="[\d]\|"
+		fi &&
 		test_cmp expect.fixed actual.fixed.short-arg &&
 		test_cmp expect.extended actual.extended.short-arg &&
+		if test_have_prereq PCRE
+		then
+			test_cmp expect.perl actual.perl.short-arg
+		fi &&
 
 		git log --pretty=tformat:%s --fixed-strings \
 			--grep="(1|2)" >actual.fixed.long-arg &&
-- 
2.13.0.303.g4ebf302169
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Message 40 of 58 in “Easy to review grep & pre-PCRE changes”
  1. 00/30 Easy to review grep & pre-PCRE changesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  2. 01/30 Makefile & configure: reword inaccurate comment about PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  3. 02/30 grep & rev-list doc: stop promising libpcre for --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  4. 03/30 test-lib: rename the LIBPCRE prerequisite to PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  5. 04/30 log: add exhaustive tests for pattern style options & configÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  6. 07/30 grep: add a test for backreferences in PCRE patternsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  7. 05/30 log: make --regexp-ignore-case work with --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2017
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 21, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2017
  11. 06/30 grep: add a test asserting that --perl-regexp dies when !PCREÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  12. 08/30 grep: change non-ASCII -i test to stop using --debugÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  13. 12/30 grep: add a test helper function for less verbose -f \0 testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  14. 10/30 grep: amend submodule recursion test for regex engine testingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  15. 09/30 grep: add tests for --threads=N and grep.threadsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  16. 13/30 grep: prepare for testing binary regexes containing rx metacharactersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  17. 11/30 grep: add tests for grep pattern types being passed to submodulesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  18. 14/30 grep: add tests to fix blind spots with \0 patternsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  19. 15/30 perf: add a GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND for when *_MAKE_OPTS won't doÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2017
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 21, 2017
  22. 18/30 perf: add a comparison test of grep regex engines with -FÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  23. 20/30 grep: catch a missing enum in switch statementÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  24. 17/30 perf: add a comparison test of grep regex enginesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  25. 19/30 perf: add a comparison test of log --grep regex enginesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  26. 16/30 perf: emit progress output when unpacking & buildingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  27. 21/30 grep: remove redundant regflags assignmentsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  28. 22/30 grep: factor test for \0 in grep patterns into a functionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  29. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  30. 25/30 grep: move is_fixed() earlier to avoid forward declarationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  31. 23/30 grep: change the internal PCRE macro names to be PCRE1Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  32. 24/30 grep: change internal *pcre* variable & function names to be *pcre1*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  33. 26/30 test-lib: add a PTHREADS prerequisiteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  34. 28/30 pack-objects: fix buggy warning about threadsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  35. 30/30 grep: assert that threading is enabled when calling grep_{lock,unlock}Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  36. 29/30 grep: given --threads with NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease, warnÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  37. 27/30 pack-objects & index-pack: add test for --threads warningÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2017
  38. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2017
  39. 0/7 PCRE v2, PCRE v1 JIT, log -P & fixesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  40. 3/7 log: add -P as a synonym for --perl-regexpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  41. 5/7 grep: un-break building with PCRE < 8.32Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  42. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  43. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  44. 6/7 grep: un-break building with PCRE < 8.20Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  45. 2/7 grep: skip pthreads overhead when using one threadÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  46. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  47. 4/7 grep: add support for the PCRE v1 JIT APIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  48. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  49. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 24, 2017
  50. 7/7 grep: add support for PCRE v2Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  51. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  52. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2017
  53. 1/7 grep: don't redundantly compile throwaway patterns under threadingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 23, 2017
  54. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  55. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2017
  56. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2017
  57. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 26, 2017
  58. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2017

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