From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:30:05 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] grep: add a perlRegexp configuration option
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In-Reply-To: <CADFUPgfHQCzdnXfby5b+z-pRkt5o6MAVEf_1waWER3iVtM1TZA@mail.gmail.com>

J Smith <dark.panda@gmail.com> writes:

> ... For the sake of completeness (verbosity? pedantry?) I also
> included a setting for "extended" which is equivalent to true.

Good thinking.

> With this sort of change, would a more generic "grep.regexpMode",
> "grep.patternType" or something similar perhaps be more descriptive,
> with "grep.extendedRegexp" being aliased for backwards compatibility
> purposes? I could also add that functionality if desired.

A variable called "extendedRegexp" already reads quite naturally if
it can have value to say what kind of extendedness is desired, at
least to me.  So I do not care too deeply either way.