Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #06; Wed, 23)

From: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date: May 24, 2012, 05:36 UTC
Message-ID: <4FBDC8FA.9050501@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <7vmx4yzgce.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Am 24.05.2012 00:24, schrieb Junio C Hamano:

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> * rs/maint-grep-F (2012-05-21) 4 commits
>    (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-23 at b24143c)
>   + grep: stop leaking line strings with -f
>   + grep: support newline separated pattern list
>   + grep: factor out do_append_grep_pat()
>   + grep: factor out create_grep_pat()
>
> "git grep -F", unlike the case where it reads from a file, did not treat
> individual lines in the given pattern argument as separate patterns as it
> should.

This is not specific to -F; grep(1) accepts newline-separated pattern lists with -E etc. as well, as does git grep with the patches above.

René